[Buildroot] Patchwork oldest patches cleanup #6 (deadline February 2)

[Thomas De Schampheleire]

Hi Stephan,

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Stephan Hoffmann <sho at relinux.de> wrote:
> Am 20.01.2014 22:06, schrieb Thomas De Schampheleire:
>> All,
>>
>> Here is session 6 of the patchwork cleanup. For those who haven't
>> followed previous sessions, here is a quick recap: every session we'll
>> be posting the list of the 10 oldest patches, with the original patch
>> contributors in copy. During two weeks, we have the opportunity to
>> discuss the patch, whether it is still necessary or not, how it should
>> be changed to be merged.
>>
>> In particular, I'm interested in knowing if the original contributor is
>> still interested by the patch, or if someone else is interested in
>> adopting the patch and sending an updated version, or if the patch no
>> longer makes sense due to other changes made in Buildroot.
> .....
>> ...
>>
>> Linux: enable local Linux tarball in config
>> Stephan Hoffmann <sho at relinux.de>
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/217204
> Thomas, all,
>
> I still think that this would be a useful feature for buildroot,
> especially when dealing with soc or boards that come with a kernel
> tarball from the vendor that is not easily accessible online.
>

I just looked at your patch, but it is not needed to achieve what you
want. If you specify:
file:///path/to/local/file
then the site method will be automatically set to file (just tested).
Could you verify that this indeed fits your use case?

Thanks,
Thomas