From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:56:52 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] kernel patches suggestion : series file ->make it a variable In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20130816125652.701e7173@skate> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Dear Sagaert Johan, On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:19:13 +0200, Sagaert Johan wrote: > Now I use a 'series' file in my board directory to specify what patches that should be applied to the kernel. > I would love to see a menu entry where I can specify what list of patches that should be applied.(default value :series) What's the difference between what you're asking and the already existing BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH configuration option? config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH string "Custom kernel patches" help A space-separated list of patches to apply to the kernel. Each patch can be described as an URL, a local file path, or a directory. In the case of a directory, all files matching linux-*.patch in the directory will be applied. Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com