adding kernel to buildroot?

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Fri Oct 21 13:23:22 UTC 2005


On Friday 21 October 2005 02:57 am, Nathanael D. Noblet wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 01:15 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Thursday 20 October 2005 11:45 pm, Mark Shelby wrote:
> > > I need the kernel image so that my usb mouse will work.
> >
> > so build one yourself, buildroot does not provide for building an actual
> > kernel at this time
>
> Sure it does. You can add a target device and create a kernel from
> there. I've been working on a system which has successfully booted
> 2.6.12,2.6.13(-.4),2.6.14-rc4 and 2.4.31. If you simply want to add a
> kernel, I would suggest looking at the Via/epia-mii, I also am getting
> ready some patches to create a Via/epia target. Though you may not need
> all of it, it'll show you how to add & build a kernel. If you want the
> patches to see what needs to be added for this to work, just let me
> know.

lemme rephrase then :)

buildroot doesnt have a generic kernel target ... you'd have to integrate one 
yourself
-mike



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