[Buildroot] Best way to add custom step

Will Wagner will_wagner at carallon.com
Tue Feb 12 09:17:05 UTC 2008


>> I need to add a custom step to my build process after the linux image is 
>> built into the binaries directory. I was wondering about what was the 
>> best way to go about this.
>>
>> I could add my changes to the top level makefile or to the 
>> target\linux\Makefile.in file. Is one way better than the other? Is 
>> there a better way of doing this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
> 
> 
> If it is board specific, then it makes more sense to put it
> in target/device and let the target depend on the linux binary.

Thanks, after looking at it some more I realised this.

> 
> What is the custom  step?

Need to wrap the kernel image with some extra bytes that include crc and 
size so that nandboot accepts it.

> 
> 
> 
> Best Regards
> Ulf Samuelsson

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