From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:17:16 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v8] board: add support for Intel Galileo Gen 2 In-Reply-To: <1447834278.2751.8.camel@intel.com> References: <1447778330.2974.66.camel@intel.com> <20151117232830.42e68602@free-electrons.com> <1447834278.2751.8.camel@intel.com> Message-ID: <20151118091716.0edc0975@free-electrons.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Ray, On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:11:17 +0000, Kinsella, Ray wrote: > > Why do you need host-mtools? I've kept it for now, but I'm not sure. Is > > it used internally by genimage? > > Yes its is used to make the EFI (vfat) partition, it uses mtools under > the covers to copy grub into the right place. Strictly speaking it > should be auto-selected when you select genimage. Is mtools *always* used by genimage, or only if you build a vfat partition? I guess the later. And if that's the case, then it's a bit annoying to have host-genimage unconditionally select host-mtools. > > Also, it is generally customary to add a readme.txt in the board > > folder, i.e in board/intel/galileo/ in your case to explain how to > > build/use this configuration. What is especially useful is some > > indication on which UART is used on the board, how to connect to it, > > etc. > > np, will do this. > I will include a couple of URLs to helpful serial cables. Great, thanks! Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com