[Buildroot] New kernel source mode [Proposal]
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Tue Jan 15 20:40:53 UTC 2013
>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Calfee <stevecalfee at gmail.com> writes:
Hi,
Steve> Hi, I am not opposed to a simple integration of kernel development
Steve> into buildroot.
Steve> However, the last time I did kernel hacking a few years ago with
Steve> buildroot, we just did not build the kernel with BR. The greatly
Steve> speeds up a BR build after a clean (If you also use an external
Steve> toolchain).
Steve> We had the kernel tree in an external git tree where we did standard
Steve> cross builds using the same compilers used by the BR. A simple script
Steve> to copy uImage and the modules to the nfs filesystem where BR was
Steve> extracted made a testable system.
I work somewhat similar. I build the kernel by hand while I'm developing
on it (working on a driver or whatever), and the same for any custom
applications, and only use buildroot as an integration tool once the
individual components are more-or-less stable to ensure everything is
under version control and can be reproduced.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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