[Buildroot] [pull request] Pull request for branch linux-cleanup

[Thomas Petazzoni]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:37:16 +0200
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> wrote:

> I've pushed a newer version, with the following changes since the
> previous post :
> 
>  * Provide a "same as kernel headers" choice for the version selection
> 
>  * Use "depends on" instead of an "if...endif" block when a single
>    option needs to be conditionnaly shown
> 
>  * Merge BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH and BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH_LOCATION
>    into a single option. When the option value is empty, not patch is
>    applied. When the option value is non empty, it is considered as a
>    path or URL to a patch to be applied to the kernel.
> 
>  * Rename BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM to
>    BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_FILE.
> 
>  * Fix the default value for the kernel binary format: BR2_i386
>    instead of BR2_386 and bzImage by default on BR2_x86_64.
> 
>  * Use BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR where appropriate
> 
>  * Use the $(shell...) construct instead of back-quotes
> 
>  * Use $(filter ...) instead of multiple $(findstring ...)
> 
>  * Fix escaping of linux-*.patch -> linux-\*.patch
> 
>  * Remove yes "" | make oldconfig constructs
> 
>  * Install the modules only if CONFIG_MODULES is enabled
> 
>  * Add newline at the end of linux.mk.
> 
>  * Add $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) to $(MAKE) invocations so that a PATH
>    containing $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin is used when building the
>    kernel. This is needed in order to allow the kernel to find mkimage
>    and other host tools (module-init-tools). This fixes the problem
>    reported by Ossy.
> 
>  * Rename option mentioning "stable" so as to not use the "stable"
>    wording since it could be confusing for users.

And also :

 * Enable OABI compatibility as well as EABI when EABI is enabled in
   Buildroot configuration

 * Enable iso9660 when BR2_x86_64 is the architecture.

Thomas
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