[Buildroot] Where does 'BOARD_NAME' Makefile.in variable come from?

[Buildroot] Where does 'BOARD_NAME' Makefile.in variable come from?

[Grant Edwards]

I'm looking at the default config files and Makefile.in files for the
Atmel boards, and they all reference a variable named "BOARD_NAME".
For example from target/device/Atmel/at91sam9261ek/Makefile.in:

ifeq ($(strip $(BOARD_NAME)),at91sam9261ek)
LINUX_BOARD_NAME:=at91sam9261ek
...

And from at91sam9263ek_defconfig

BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP_BOARD="$(BOARD_NAME)"

But, I can't figure out where BOARD_NAME comes from or how it differs
from BR2_BOARD_NAME.  Can somebody point me towards a clue?

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[Buildroot] Where does 'BOARD_NAME' Makefile.in variable come from?

[Andrew Porritt]

I think you pass it in on the command line. E.g.:

make BOARD_NAME=at91sam9261ek

On 16/04/2010 17:18, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I'm looking at the default config files and Makefile.in files for the
> Atmel boards, and they all reference a variable named "BOARD_NAME".
> For example from target/device/Atmel/at91sam9261ek/Makefile.in:
>
> ifeq ($(strip $(BOARD_NAME)),at91sam9261ek)
> LINUX_BOARD_NAME:=at91sam9261ek
> ...
>
> And from at91sam9263ek_defconfig
>
> BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP_BOARD="$(BOARD_NAME)"
>
> But, I can't figure out where BOARD_NAME comes from or how it differs
> from BR2_BOARD_NAME.  Can somebody point me towards a clue?
>
>    
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[Buildroot] Where does 'BOARD_NAME' Makefile.in variable come from?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2010-04-16, Andrew Porritt <aporritt@gogo-robot.com> wrote:
> I think you pass it in on the command line. E.g.:
>
> make BOARD_NAME=at91sam9261ek

I've never done that, and I can't find it mentioned in any of the docs
(either from buildroot or from Atmel).

I think it might be something Atmel-specific...

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