[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] fio: fix missing fallocate64()

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Dear Frank Bergmann,

On Mon, 19 May 2014 21:34:44 +0200, Frank Bergmann wrote:

> On 12.05.2014 21:44, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > Dear Frank Bergmann,
> >
> > On Fri,  9 May 2014 22:42:48 +0200, Frank Bergmann wrote:
> >
> >> +ifeq ($(BR2_nios2),y)
> >> +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR += "board/common-nios2"
> >> +endif
> >
> > Unfortunately, we don't want to have architecture-specific patches, and
> > not applied with this mechanism.
> 
> Sorry I didn't take notice of that.
> Maybe someone could edit chapter 3.4.4 "Customizing packages"
> (http://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#packages-custom)
> where such architecture-specific patches are mentioned to avoid
> misinterpreting it like I did.

I don't think chapter 3.4.4 is wrong, but the BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR is
not meant to be used by Buildroot upstream itself. It's a way for
Buildroot *users* to apply their own custom patches on top of the
various packages that Buildroot has.

Thomas
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