On Fri, 2012-02-17 at 03:16 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 19:57 +0100, Joerg Roedel wrote: > > Also build a linux-tools package for installation so that > > common tools run without issues (e.g. perf). > > > > [RFC note: This may break with x-compilation when the > > x-compilation environment is not set up to > > compile user-space programs. Is that acceptable? > > I also thought about a compile-time parameter > > such as 'make TOOLS=1 deb-pkg' or a special > > 'make deb-tools-pkg' target. Opinions? ] > > > > Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> > > Cc: maximilian attems <max@stro.at> > > Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> > > Cc: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org > > Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org > > Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com> > > --- > > scripts/package/builddeb | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > 1 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb > > index eee5f8e..8466380 100644 > > --- a/scripts/package/builddeb > > +++ b/scripts/package/builddeb > > @@ -78,17 +78,19 @@ tmpdir="$objtree/debian/tmp" > > fwdir="$objtree/debian/fwtmp" > > kernel_headers_dir="$objtree/debian/hdrtmp" > > libc_headers_dir="$objtree/debian/headertmp" > > +tools_dir="$objtree/debian/toolstmp" > > packagename=linux-image-$version > > fwpackagename=linux-firmware-image > > kernel_headers_packagename=linux-headers-$version > > libc_headers_packagename=linux-libc-dev > > +tools_packagename=linux-tools-$version > > The advice I got from one of the perf developers - possibly Peter > Zijlstra - was that changes to the perf kernel interface are backward- > compatible but newer versions of the perf tool may depend on newer > kernel features. New features involve a bump to the 2nd (at the time, > it was the 3rd) version component unless you're building from a perf > development branch. > > So to avoid package proliferation the package name should be > linux-tools-$VERSION.$PATCHLEVEL and the executable filenames should be > something like perf_$VERSION.$PATCHLEVEL-$subcommand. [...] Sorry, the executable filename is just perf_$VERSION.$PATCHLEVEL. Only the manual pages for sub-commands are actually separate files. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein
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