From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carlos Santos Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 22:03:10 -0200 (BRST) Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] Add syslinux installer host package In-Reply-To: <20181111213316.18f86c81@windsurf.home> References: <20181111150652.17459-1-alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com> <20181111150652.17459-2-alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com> <20181111213316.18f86c81@windsurf.home> Message-ID: <1370627641.1453046.1541980990981.JavaMail.zimbra@datacom.com.br> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net > From: "Thomas Petazzoni" > To: "Alexander Sverdlin" > Cc: "buildroot" , "Carlos Santos" > Sent: Domingo, 11 de novembro de 2018 18:33:16 > Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] Add syslinux installer host package > Hello, > > Thanks for this contribution! I'm adding Carlos Santos, who also uses > syslinux. > > On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 16:06:47 +0100, Alexander Sverdlin wrote: >> Add host installer for syslinux bootloader which allows to pre-install >> syslinux in the generated firmware images. BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT >> can do something like this: >> >> ${HOST_DIR}/usr/bin/syslinux -d /syslinux/ -i ${IMGFILE} >> >> if the rest of syslinux is installed under /syslinux inside the firmware >> image. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin >> --- >> package/Config.in.host | 1 + >> package/syslinux-installer/Config.in.host | 7 +++++++ >> package/syslinux-installer/syslinux.mk | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Instead of making a separate package for this, what about adding a host > variant of the existing syslinux package ? host-sylinux makes sense. The package would not build syslinux for the host, just the installer, but this would not be a real problem, since host packages are meant to be tools used to generate the target system. -- Carlos Santos (Casantos) - DATACOM, P&D ?Marched towards the enemy, spear upright, armed with the certainty that only the ignorant can have.? ? Epitaph of a volunteer