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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] Xtensa BUILDROOT support
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:34:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090303093420.77f7c3dd@surf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49ACD317.6060205@hq.tensilica.com>

Le Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:49:59 -0800,
Maxim Grigoriev <maxim@tensilica.com> a ?crit :

>       Xtensa BUILDROOT uses a concept of source overlays,
>       which are necessary because Xtensa processors are
>       configurable and extensible. Xtensa tools, e.g.
>       gcc, gdb, and binutils, use source overlays, which
>       can not be substituted by the current BUILDROOT
>       patching mechanism. This update makes patch-kernel.sh
>       script capable of handling these overlays.

Can you detail how this concept of source overlays work, technically ?

Thomas
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  reply	other threads:[~2009-03-03  8:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-03-03  6:49 [Buildroot] Xtensa BUILDROOT support Maxim Grigoriev
2009-03-03  8:34 ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2009-03-03 22:09   ` Maxim Grigoriev

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