[Buildroot] [git commit] manual: add information about INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Mon May 12 20:58:51 UTC 2014
commit: http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=7649b2820e9b6061d8c149be6cff30c3899dfdb5
branch: http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=refs/heads/master
The Buildroot manual currently does not contain any mention of the
<pkg>_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS which could potentially be of interest when
developing a new 'generic-package'.
Signed-off-by: Ryan Barnett <rjbarnet at rockwellcollins.com>
CC: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>
---
docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
index 1567487..f421651 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
@@ -410,6 +410,15 @@ different steps of the build process.
should be installed, since they might be needed to compile other
packages.
+* +LIBFOO_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS+ lists the actions to be performed to
+ install the package to the images directory, when the package is a
+ target package. The package must install its files to the directory
+ given by +$(BINARIES_DIR)+. Only files that are binary images (aka
+ images) that do not belong in the +TARGET_DIR+ but are necessary
+ for booting the board should be placed here. For example, a package
+ should utilize this step if it has binaries which would be similar
+ to the kernel image, bootloader or root filesystem images.
+
* +LIBFOO_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV+ and +LIBFOO_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD+ list the
actions to install init scripts either for the systemV-like init systems
(busybox, sysvinit, etc.) or for the systemd units. These commands
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