[Buildroot] pcduino

[Buildroot] pcduino

[Brian Beattie]

I'm working on adding support for the pcDuino V1 board, this is an
Allwinner A10 based board so I'm using the cubieboard as a staring
point.  The issue I have is that or U-Boot and the kernel this is not a
problem, however for sunxi-boards and sunxi-tools, the commit id is in
the Makefile.  I'd like to know what the experts think the best approach
is.  I currently have the Makefiles patched.

I could update the Makefiles, but I don't have a cubieboard to test
with.

I could modify the *.mk and Config files to make the commit id a
configurable item and if not set use the current commit ID.  I started
to do this, but sunxi-tools has a Config.in and a Config.in.host and I'm
not sure how to handle setting one variable that would be used in both
files.  Suggestions, pointers welcome.

Some other approach I have not thought of.

BTW I did the original KB9202 support many years ago though I have been
away for a while. (that board just bit the dust which is why I bought
the pcDuino).
-- 
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wrong." -- H. L. Mencken

Brian Beattie<beattie@beattie-home.net> -- www.brian-beattie.com
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[Buildroot] pcduino

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 04/12/13 05:02, Brian Beattie wrote:
> I'm working on adding support for the pcDuino V1 board, this is an
> Allwinner A10 based board so I'm using the cubieboard as a staring
> point.  The issue I have is that or U-Boot and the kernel this is not a
> problem, however for sunxi-boards and sunxi-tools, the commit id is in
> the Makefile.  I'd like to know what the experts think the best approach
> is.  I currently have the Makefiles patched.
>
> I could update the Makefiles, but I don't have a cubieboard to test
> with.

  It's just a more recent version of those packages, right? Not a 
different branch or repo? Then it's OK to submit patches to update those 
versions. You can put some people in CC with a request to test it, e.g. 
Carlo Caione <carlo.caione@gmail.com>, the original author, or Carlos 
Quijano <carlos@crqgestion.es>, who bumped it for cubieboard2.


> I could modify the *.mk and Config files to make the commit id a
> configurable item and if not set use the current commit ID.  I started
> to do this, but sunxi-tools has a Config.in and a Config.in.host and I'm
> not sure how to handle setting one variable that would be used in both
> files.  Suggestions, pointers welcome.

  Configurable package versions are generally a bad idea. If it is really 
necessary, you could add a choice in sunxi-boards that offers a few 
well-defined versions or repos.

  Regards,
  Arnout

>
> Some other approach I have not thought of.
>
> BTW I did the original KB9202 support many years ago though I have been
> away for a while. (that board just bit the dust which is why I bought
> the pcDuino).
>


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