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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 09:03:49 +0100
Subject: [Buildroot] [EXT] Re: [PATCH v3 8/9] board/nxp/common/ls: Add
 standard post image script for Layerscape processors
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On Fri, 6 Dec 2019 07:23:17 +0000
Jerry Huang <jerry.huang@nxp.com> wrote:

> > > +       # build the itb image
> > > +       cp board/nxp/$(plat_name)/kernel.its ${BINARIES_DIR}/kernel.its
> > > +       cd ${BINARIES_DIR}/
> > > +       /usr/bin/mkimage -f kernel.its kernel.itb  
> > 
> > Why does mkimage have the full path specified here?  
> Use the mkimage at host machine.

And that is not correct because nothing guarantees you that there is an
mkimage installed in /usr/bin/mkimage. You can only rely on the mkimage
built by Buildroot.

Thomas
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