From: Michael S. Zick <minimod@morethan.org>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] Syslinux host and target build
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:57:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201110261057.38848.minimod@morethan.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85632AA8828446C5B830EBF9A14700E5@beraninstruments.com.local>
On Wed October 26 2011, Will Moore wrote:
> I use a syslinux host build to generate a bootable USB flash drive on to which I
> install the buildroot built kernel and rootfs.
>
> I also build syslinux for the target that I include in the buildroot rootfs to
> allow the target device, as booted from the USB flash drive, to generate
> bootable PATA (aka IDE) flash drives - a sort of self installer.
>
> I would like to get buildroot to build the host and target syslinux for me. I
> am just not sure how to go about it! I have tried adjusting the existing
> syslinux.mk to make the SYSLINUX_BUILD/INSTALL_CMDS build for the target, added
> HOST_SYSLINUX_BUILD/INSTALL_CMDS for a host build and added $(eval $(call
> GENTARGETS,boot,syslinux,host)) but the host build doesn't seem to get run. I
> conclude I don't know what I am doing :)
>
Try:
$(eval $(call GENTARGETS,host))
I think the recent infrastructure change included GENTARGETS.
Mike
> I also believe that we are currently just calling "make" where as the syslinux
> /doc/distrib.txt requests that we call "make clean" "make installer" instead.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Will
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-26 15:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-26 15:21 [Buildroot] Syslinux host and target build Will Moore
2011-10-26 15:57 ` Michael S. Zick [this message]
2011-10-26 22:27 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH] syslinux: add support for host-install Arnout Vandecappelle
2011-10-31 8:54 ` Will Moore
2011-10-31 11:15 ` Will Moore
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