[Buildroot] Kernel patches in Buildroot

[Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@synopsys.com>]

Hi!
I am trying to use BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR to indicate the global patch directory,
which has the following value:

BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="snps-custom/packages"

I have a "snps-custom" folder which has a "packages" folder inside. Inside the
"packages" folder we have a folder for each package we need to patch, in this
example mplayer and the linux kernel.

--snps-custom
  --packages
    --linux-arc-axs101-20141021-3.13
	0001-XXXX.patch
	0002-YYYY.patch
    --mplayer
	0001-mplayer.patch
    --<packagename>
	000x-xxxxx.patch

The linux kernel patching system does not recognizes the
packages/linux-arc-axs101-20141021-3.13 patch folder. Could you give me a help
on this?

Thanks!

BR,
Joao Pinto



On 11/17/2015 11:13 AM, Joao Pinto wrote:
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> On 11/11/2015 12:04 PM, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
>> On 11-11-15 12:35, Joao Pinto wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> We are designing the procedure to release our software stack based on buildroot.
>>> Could you please tell what is the advised method for including a kernel patch
>>> set in buildroot? I typically use BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH where I indicate each
>>> patch file. Is there a easier way like using BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR for example?
>>
>>  I personally prefer to use a git repository that includes the patches. During
>> development, I make a local checkout specified with LINUX_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR; for
>> release, I point to the repository (often on gitlab) and specify a tag.
>>
>>  BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR and BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH are basically equivalent, you
>> can specify a directory with the latter as well.
>>
>>
>>  Regards,
>>  Arnout
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>
>>> Joao
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>>
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