[Buildroot] Using an external Linux tree

[Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>]

On 2010-02-15, Marc Garnier <marc.garnier@heig-vd.ch> wrote:

> *Cliff Holden* Cliff.Holden at Atheros.com:
>> I'm somewhat new to buildroot, but have been building kernels
>> for a while.  I have a general question:
>>
>> What is the proper procedure for using an external linux
>> kernel tree in the build?  Our SCC system (source code
>> control) is set up to have various kernel versions located in
>> a particular location.  If I could get buildroot to "point" to
>> this external kernel, it would be helpful.
>>
>> I did try the "advanced" options that allows the specification
>> of a kernel version and an external "patch" file, which is
>> close, but the custom kernel I have is not set up as a set of
>> patches.  I would like an option to simply specify the path of
>> the kernel source for the build to use.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Have you found the solution?

I'd like to do that as well.  I can modify my "build" script to
automagically generate patches against a vanilla source tree
each time, but that seems rather obtuse.

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