[Buildroot] BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG and Atmel targets

[Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 08:47:55AM +0200, Anders Blomdell wrote:
>Hans-Christian Egtvedt wrote:
>> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:16:24 +0200
>> Anders Blomdell <anders.blomdell@control.lth.se> wrote:
>> 
>>> in target/device/Atmel/atngw100/Makefile.in there is a line
>>>
>>> BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG:=$(BOARD_PATH)/busybox-1.9.1.config
>>>
>>> unfortunately this makes it impossible to change busybox config 
>>> (primarily I want to turn off telnet) to a custom version. What is
>>> the correct way to handle this?
>>>
>> 
>> Well, naming indicates that you will need to add a
>> busybox-<version>.config file.
>And change the Makfile.in as well, IMHO that is the wrong path to follow.
>> 
>> It is probably a good idea to scrap the <version> part as well, just
>> have a generic busybox.config file. Kconfig options should not change
>> that often, and user will be asked to answer yes/no to new features
>> most times.
>Is there any good reason at all to unconditionally ignore the busybox 
>config choosen by the user (many of the Atmel boards and a few other 
>does this)? Would a patch that just removes all these unconditional 
>configurations be accepted, or is there any deep reason for not allowing 
>Atmel users choose their own busybox configuration (and in the default 
>case choose the buildroot default instead of a board specific one)?

Did you read docs/README and try what's documented there (see
"finegrained")?