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From: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 09/11] buildman: Add a quick-start note
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 12:23:37 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <577E9E29.9070101@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1467580467-19186-10-git-send-email-sjg@chromium.org>

On 07/03/2016 03:14 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> For those who just want to build a board, it is useful to see a quick hint
> right at the start of the documentation. Add a few commands showing how to
> download toolchains and build a board.

> diff --git a/tools/buildman/README b/tools/buildman/README

> +If you just want to quickly set up buildman so you can build something (for
> +example Raspberry Pi 2), and don't mind downloading lots of stuff:
> +
> +   cd /path/to/u-boot
> +   PATH=$PATH:`pwd`/tools/buildman
> +   buildman --fetch-arch all
> +   buildman -k rpi_2
> +   ls ../current/rpi_2
> +   # u-boot.bin is the output image

For just an rpi_2 build, perhaps "--fetch-arch arm" would be quicker, 
although I suppose then you'd have to make the text more complicated by 
pointing out that it only downloads an ARM toolchain and so the user 
would need to --fetch-arch again for anything else.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-07 18:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-03 21:14 [U-Boot] [PATCH 00/11] buildman: Make the tool friendlier for first-time users Simon Glass
2016-07-03 21:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 01/11] buildman: Tidy up the README a little Simon Glass
2016-07-08 14:27   ` Tom Rini
2016-07-03 21:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 02/11] buildman: Automatically create a config file if needed Simon Glass
2016-07-07 18:15   ` Stephen Warren
2016-07-03 21:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 03/11] buildman: Fix the 'help' test to use the correct path Simon Glass
2016-07-03 21:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 04/11] buildman: Allow the toolchain error to be suppressed Simon Glass
2016-07-07 18:17   ` Stephen Warren
2016-07-03 21:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 05/11] buildman: Improve the toolchain progress/error output Simon Glass
2016-07-08 14:27   ` Tom Rini
2016-07-03 21:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 06/11] buildman: Fix a typo in TestSettingsHasPath() Simon Glass
2016-07-03 21:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 07/11] buildman: Drop the toolchain error when downloading toolchains Simon Glass
2016-07-03 21:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 08/11] buildman: Avoid overwriting existing toolchain entries Simon Glass
2016-07-07 18:21   ` Stephen Warren
2016-07-08 14:27   ` Tom Rini
2016-07-03 21:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 09/11] buildman: Add a quick-start note Simon Glass
2016-07-07 18:23   ` Stephen Warren [this message]
2016-07-08 14:27     ` Tom Rini
2016-07-03 21:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 10/11] Drop the MAKEALL tool Simon Glass
2016-07-08 14:27   ` Tom Rini
2016-07-03 21:14 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 11/11] Drop references to MAKEALL in the documentation Simon Glass
2016-07-08 14:27   ` Tom Rini
2016-07-07 18:27 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 00/11] buildman: Make the tool friendlier for first-time users Stephen Warren
2016-07-08 14:27   ` Tom Rini
2016-07-08 14:26 ` Tom Rini

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