[Buildroot] Kernel patches in Buildroot

[Yegor Yefremov]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:
> On 11-11-15 12:35, Joao Pinto wrote:
>> Hi,
>> We are designing the procedure to release our software stack based on buildroot.
>> Could you please tell what is the advised method for including a kernel patch
>> set in buildroot? I typically use BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH where I indicate each
>> patch file. Is there a easier way like using BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR for example?
>
>  I personally prefer to use a git repository that includes the patches. During
> development, I make a local checkout specified with LINUX_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR; for
> release, I point to the repository (often on gitlab) and specify a tag.
>
>  BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR and BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH are basically equivalent, you
> can specify a directory with the latter as well.

You can also create a BSP repository containing patches, configs and
so on and just instruct customers to use BR2_EXTERNAL feature
(http://nightly.buildroot.org/manual.html#outside-br-custom).

Yegor