From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 00/13] Add support for a project directory
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:35:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121014103518.4fb1089d@skate> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121013231344.17317.92930.stgit@localhost>
Arnout,
On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:13:45 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle
\(Essensium/Mind\) wrote:
> Many buildroot users prefer to keep their project's customizations
> separate from buildroot itself. This makes it easier to go to a
> new buildroot version, and to identify which parts are project-
> specific. Although it was already possible to keep the project's
> customization separate, this patch set simplifies it.
>
> It introduces a new config option, BR2_PROJECT_DIR (patch 1).
> This symbol is used to set defaults for many other config options
> (patches 2-7). The buildroot config itself can also be stored in
> the project directory by setting a default BR2_DEFCONFIG (patch 8).
>
> Patch 9 does a 'make defconfig' and 'make world' in a single run
> when a project directory is available.
>
> Patch 10 makes it possible to update all config files (buildroot,
> linux, busybox, ...) in a single shot.
>
> Patch 11 adds a 'make projectdir' target to initialize a project
> directory. It also creates a Makefile in the project directory:
> it downloads buildroot itself, so the project directory is
> self-sufficient.
>
> Patch 12 adds the thing that everybody has to put in their
> post-build script as a configuration option: a rootfs overlay.
> This patch could also be applied independent of the series
> (except for the one line that sets a default based on PROJECT_DIR).
I agree about this one.
> Patch 13, finally, adds the PROJECT_DIR concept to the manual.
I'll have a close look at all this later, but for reference, this is
almost exactly a feature that Buildroot had years ago, and that we
painfully progressively removed because it was not used properly by
anyone, and was crippling the code base and usage of Buildroot with a
lot of useless complexity.
So I'll have a look, but my initial impression is one of fairly high
skepticism, to say the least.
Best regards,
Thomas
--
Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-13 23:13 [Buildroot] [PATCH 00/13] Add support for a project directory Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:13 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 01/13] Add BR2_PROJECT_DIR config option Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:13 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 02/13] Set default BR2_PACKAGE_OVERRIDE_FILE based on BR2_PROJECT_DIR Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:14 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 03/13] linux: get default paths from BR2_PROJECT_DIR Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:14 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 04/13] busybox: " Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:14 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 05/13] target/generic: " Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:14 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 06/13] toolchain-crosstool-ng: " Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:14 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 07/13] uClibc: " Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:14 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 08/13] Store BR2_DEFCONFIG in .config, and use it to update the original input Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-14 18:37 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2012-10-13 23:14 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 09/13] Skip menuconfig if BR2_DEFCONFIG or BR2_PROJECT_DIR is given Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:14 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 10/13] Add update-all-config target Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-14 18:45 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2012-10-20 16:47 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-20 16:52 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-12-03 14:18 ` Stephan Hoffmann
2012-12-03 16:41 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-10-13 23:14 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 11/13] Add target to create a project directory Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:21 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] " Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:35 ` Valentine Barshak
2012-10-14 12:50 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-16 17:36 ` Valentine Barshak
2012-10-13 23:14 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 12/13] target/generic: add filesystem overlay option Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-14 0:39 ` Danomi Manchego
2012-10-14 12:53 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-14 16:12 ` Danomi Manchego
2012-10-14 18:50 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2012-10-20 16:15 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-13 23:14 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 13/13] Document BR2_PROJECT_DIR in the manual Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-14 8:35 ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2012-10-14 8:46 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 00/13] Add support for a project directory Thomas Petazzoni
2012-10-14 10:43 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-14 12:55 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-10-14 13:57 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-16 20:03 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-10-17 17:26 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-10-17 18:42 ` Sagaert Johan
2012-10-14 18:56 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
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