From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:20:36 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] barebox: add support for custom version, tarball, git and patch dir In-Reply-To: <1316290988-25108-1-git-send-email-plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> References: <1316290988-25108-1-git-send-email-plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> Message-ID: <201109221920.37170.arnout@mind.be> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On Saturday 17 September 2011 22:23:08, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > +config BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_CUSTOM_PATCH_DIR > + string "custom patch dir" > + help > + If your board requires custom patches, add the path to the > + directory containing the patches here. The patches must be > + named barebox--.patch. > + > + Most users may leave this empty Do people often use buildroot this way? I always make a project-specific branch of the buildroot tree and drop any patches directly in there. Not that it hurts to have the option of course :-) But if many people use buildroot this way, it would make total sense to try to implement overlays like openembedded does. Regards, Arnout -- Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind be Senior Embedded Software Architect +32-16-286540 Essensium/Mind http://www.mind.be G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle GPG fingerprint: 31BB CF53 8660 6F88 345D 54CC A836 5879 20D7 CF43