[Buildroot] [PATCH] cc-tool: new package

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Dear Marcin Bis,

On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 09:35:54 +0200, Marcin Bis wrote:

> > This is not what a host tools is. A host tool runs on your PC, i.e
> > where you do the Buildroot build. For sure your PC has sufficient
> > resources to run cc-tool.
> 
> As I understand, host-tools are intended for doing something with images 
> generated by Buildroot e.g. flashing, generating fs images etc.

Right.

> cc-tool does not fall under this category.
> It is some how similar to openocd, but openocd can be used to debug 
> bootloader/Linux kernel running on some SoC-s (so it perfectly makes 
> sense here).

Indeed.

> TI chips, which cc-tool talks to - are not able to run Linux at all.

Ok, so what you mean is that those TI chips are typically not connected
to the development PC directly, but are generally connected to the
embedded system that runs Buildroot.

> Of course cc-tool can be added to Buildroot as a host tool too.
> I can prepare the patch if you want.

Nope, if you don't use it, don't do it. I'm fine with a target package
after the explanations you provided.

Thanks!

Thomas
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