From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 23:07:26 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCHv5 2/5] core: allow external Config.in/makefile code to be integrated In-Reply-To: <1386183373-17611-3-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> References: <1386183373-17611-1-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> <1386183373-17611-3-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> Message-ID: <20131204220726.GD3332@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Thomas, All, On 2013-12-04 19:56 +0100, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly: > This commit allows the BR2_EXTERNAL directory to contain Config.in and > Makefile code, which gets integrated into the Buildroot build logic: > > - Buildroot automatically includes the $BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in in the > top-level configuration menu. > > - Buildroot automatically includes the BR2_EXTERNAL/external.mk in > the build logic, so it can for example be used to include other .mk > files that define package recipes. > > This is typically intended to be used to create target packages in the > BR2_EXTERNAL directory, but can also be used for bootloaders, host > packages, or other custom make logic. > > We also add a dummy Config.in file in support/dummy-external/ to > ensure that the source "$BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in" line will point to an > existing file even when BR2_EXTERNAL is not used by the user. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" Tested-by: "Yann E. MORIN" Regards, Yann E. MORIN. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'