[Buildroot] BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG and Atmel targets

[Anders Blomdell]

Hans-Christian Egtvedt wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:16:24 +0200
> Anders Blomdell <anders.blomdell at control.lth.se> wrote:
> 
>> in target/device/Atmel/atngw100/Makefile.in there is a line
>>
>> BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG:=$(BOARD_PATH)/busybox-1.9.1.config
>>
>> unfortunately this makes it impossible to change busybox config 
>> (primarily I want to turn off telnet) to a custom version. What is
>> the correct way to handle this?
>>
> 
> Well, naming indicates that you will need to add a
> busybox-<version>.config file.
And change the Makfile.in as well, IMHO that is the wrong path to follow.
> 
> It is probably a good idea to scrap the <version> part as well, just
> have a generic busybox.config file. Kconfig options should not change
> that often, and user will be asked to answer yes/no to new features
> most times.
Is there any good reason at all to unconditionally ignore the busybox 
config choosen by the user (many of the Atmel boards and a few other 
does this)? Would a patch that just removes all these unconditional 
configurations be accepted, or is there any deep reason for not allowing 
Atmel users choose their own busybox configuration (and in the default 
case choose the buildroot default instead of a board specific one)?

Regards

Anders Blomdell