[Buildroot] Best way to add custom step

Ulf Samuelsson ulf at atmel.com
Tue Feb 12 09:24:08 UTC 2008


>>> I need to add a custom step to my build process after the linux image is 
>>> built into the binaries directory. I was wondering about what was the 
>>> best way to go about this.
>>>
>>> I could add my changes to the top level makefile or to the 
>>> target\linux\Makefile.in file. Is one way better than the other? Is 
>>> there a better way of doing this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> If it is board specific, then it makes more sense to put it
>> in target/device and let the target depend on the linux binary.
> 
> Thanks, after looking at it some more I realised this.
> 
>> 
>> What is the custom  step?
> 
> Need to wrap the kernel image with some extra bytes that include crc and 
> size so that nandboot accepts it.
> 
>> 


Any plans to build NAND boot within Buildroot?

What is NAND boot?

Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson



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