* [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Create a symbolic link to the target kernel directory.
@ 2012-11-01 0:17 Sagaert Johan
2012-11-01 1:07 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
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From: Sagaert Johan @ 2012-11-01 0:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot
This symbolic link makes it easier when building kernel modules.
The makefile for a module no longer has to point to the full directory name of the kernel but can use this symbolic link instead.
You no longer need to edit the path to the kernel tree in the module's makefiles when changing your target kernel version.
Signed-off-by: Sagaert Johan <sagaert.johan@skynet.be>
---
Makefile | 1 +
linux/linux.mk | 2 ++
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0128839..8356aeb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ ifeq ($(O),output)
rm -rf $(O)
endif
rm -rf $(CONFIG_DIR)/.config $(CONFIG_DIR)/.config.old $(CONFIG_DIR)/.auto.deps
+ rm -f targetkernel
cross: $(BASE_TARGETS)
diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index c4bdf90..4541081 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ define LINUX_BUILD_CMDS
fi
$(LINUX_BUILD_DTB)
$(LINUX_APPEND_DTB)
+ rm -f targetkernel
+ ln -s $(LINUX_DIR) targetkernel
endef
--
1.8.0
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* [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Create a symbolic link to the target kernel directory.
2012-11-01 0:17 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Create a symbolic link to the target kernel directory Sagaert Johan
@ 2012-11-01 1:07 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-11-01 1:14 ` Sagaert Johan
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Arnout Vandecappelle @ 2012-11-01 1:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot
On 11/01/12 01:17, Sagaert Johan wrote:
> This symbolic link makes it easier when building kernel modules.
> The makefile for a module no longer has to point to the full directory name of the kernel but can use this symbolic link instead.
> You no longer need to edit the path to the kernel tree in the module's makefiles when changing your target kernel version.
I don't see the point... What's wrong with passing KERNELDIR=$(LINUX_DIR) to
the sub-make in the .mk file? Cfr. lttng-modules.
Regards,
Arnout
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* [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Create a symbolic link to the target kernel directory.
2012-11-01 1:07 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
@ 2012-11-01 1:14 ` Sagaert Johan
2012-11-01 9:19 ` Thomas Petazzoni
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From: Sagaert Johan @ 2012-11-01 1:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot
Hi Arnout
I always build modules outside of the buildroot system.
Is there another (fast ) way ? I don't like to wait 20 seconds for buildroot tarring the rootfs.
Johan
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: buildroot-bounces at busybox.net [mailto:buildroot-bounces at busybox.net] Namens Arnout Vandecappelle
Verzonden: donderdag 1 november 2012 2:08
Aan: Sagaert Johan
CC: buildroot at busybox.net
Onderwerp: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Create a symbolic link to the target kernel directory.
On 11/01/12 01:17, Sagaert Johan wrote:
> This symbolic link makes it easier when building kernel modules.
> The makefile for a module no longer has to point to the full directory name of the kernel but can use this symbolic link instead.
> You no longer need to edit the path to the kernel tree in the module's makefiles when changing your target kernel version.
I don't see the point... What's wrong with passing KERNELDIR=$(LINUX_DIR) to the sub-make in the .mk file? Cfr. lttng-modules.
Regards,
Arnout
--
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Senior Embedded Software Architect +32-16-286540
Essensium/Mind http://www.mind.be
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LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle
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* [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Create a symbolic link to the target kernel directory.
2012-11-01 1:14 ` Sagaert Johan
@ 2012-11-01 9:19 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2012-11-01 19:10 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Create a symbolic link to the target kernel directory. example Sagaert Johan
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Petazzoni @ 2012-11-01 9:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 02:14:35 +0100, Sagaert Johan wrote:
> I always build modules outside of the buildroot system.
> Is there another (fast ) way ? I don't like to wait 20 seconds for
> buildroot tarring the rootfs.
I don't see the relation between waiting 20 seconds for Buildroot to
tar the rootfs and the patch you're posting. Care to explain?
Thomas
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Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com
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* [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Create a symbolic link to the target kernel directory. example
2012-11-01 9:19 ` Thomas Petazzoni
@ 2012-11-01 19:10 ` Sagaert Johan
2012-11-01 22:24 ` Thomas Petazzoni
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From: Sagaert Johan @ 2012-11-01 19:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot
Hi
An example makefile explains it all :
With my patch I can write a makefile for my kernel modules like this:
MODULENAME := digitalio
obj-m += $(MODULENAME).o
KERNELDIR=/home/buildroot12git/targetkernel
all:$(MODULENAME).ko
$(MODULENAME).ko:$(MODULENAME).c
make -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules CC=arm-linux-gcc LD=arm-linux-ld ARCH=arm
.PHONY clean:
make -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
Without the symbolic link I had to use this makefile, and change it everytime I used another kernel version.
MODULENAME := digitalio
obj-m += $(MODULENAME).o
KERNELDIR=/home/buildroot12git/output/build/linux-76e10d158efb6d4516018846f60c2ab5501900bc
all:$(MODULENAME).ko
$(MODULENAME).ko:$(MODULENAME).c
make -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules CC=arm-linux-gcc LD=arm-linux-ld ARCH=arm
.PHONY clean:
make -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
As I onderstood from Arnout, I could build the module from within buildroot (making use of the buildroot vars) but this not an
option while still developing a module. Every buildroot make would also force a regeneration of the rootfs tar, and this takes a
serious ammount of time with a large rootfs.
So I develop it outside the build system and use the symlink to the kernel I have selected.
Regards, Johan
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Thomas Petazzoni [mailto:thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com]
Verzonden: donderdag 1 november 2012 10:19
Aan: Sagaert Johan
CC: 'Arnout Vandecappelle'; buildroot at busybox.net
Onderwerp: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Create a symbolic link to the target kernel directory.
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 02:14:35 +0100, Sagaert Johan wrote:
> I always build modules outside of the buildroot system.
> Is there another (fast ) way ? I don't like to wait 20 seconds for
> buildroot tarring the rootfs.
I don't see the relation between waiting 20 seconds for Buildroot to tar the rootfs and the patch you're posting. Care to explain?
Thomas
--
Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com
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* [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Create a symbolic link to the target kernel directory. example
2012-11-01 19:10 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Create a symbolic link to the target kernel directory. example Sagaert Johan
@ 2012-11-01 22:24 ` Thomas Petazzoni
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Petazzoni @ 2012-11-01 22:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot
Dear Sagaert Johan,
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 20:10:26 +0100, Sagaert Johan wrote:
> KERNELDIR=/home/buildroot12git/output/build/linux-76e10d158efb6d4516018846f60c2ab5501900bc
Turn this into:
KERNELDIR=$(shell ls -1 /home/buildroot12git/output/build/linux-[0-9a-f]*)
or, if you want something cleaner, add a <pkg>-show-builddir target for
all packages in pkg-generic.mk (we could probably get this patch
upstream), and do:
KERNELDIR=($shell make -C /home/buildroot12git/ linux-show-builddir)
And voil?.
Thomas
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Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com
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