[Buildroot] [RFC, PATCH 5/8] package/kexec-lite: Add a package for the kexec-lite tools
Jeremy Kerr
jk at ozlabs.org
Fri Jan 17 01:51:34 UTC 2014
Hi Baruch,
Thanks for taking a look at the patches.
>> +++ b/package/kexec-lite/Config.in
>> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
>> +config BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_LITE
>> + bool "kexec-lite"
>> + depends on BR2_powerpc
>> + select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBELF
>> + select BR2_PACKAGE_DTC
>> + select BR2_PACKAGE_DTC_PROGRAMS
>> + help
>> + Kexec is a user space utiltity for loading another kernel
>> + and asking the currently running kernel to do something with it.
>
> This looks like a description of the generic kexec. You should mention that
> this is a special version as the commit log says.
Yep, shamelessly stolen from kexec.mk. :) I've updated this with a
description similar to the changelog.
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/package/kexec-lite/kexec-lite.mk
>> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
>> +################################################################################
>> +#
>> +# kexec
>> +#
>> +################################################################################
>> +
>> +KEXEC_LITE_VERSION = 6c762a7
>
> Full commit id.
Fixed, along with the other git version strings you've mentioned in this
series.
>> +KEXEC_LITE_SITE = git://github.com/antonblanchard/kexec-lite
>
> Please use the github helper. See docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt.
Ah, that's pretty neat. Updated to use $(call github ...).
I've updated my series with these changes, but will see if there's any
more feedback before reposting.
Cheers,
Jeremy
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