[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/6] Add config file for the snowball board

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 11/08/12 09:28, Grégory Hermant wrote:
> Le 30/10/2012 23:09, Arnout Vandecappelle a écrit :
>> On 10/29/12 09:41, Gregory Hermant wrote:
[snip]
>>> +BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyAMA2"
>>> +BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG="board/calao/snowball/busybox-1.20.x.config"
>>
>>   This file should be created in the same patch, otherwise this defconfig
>> isn't working.
>>
>>   Also, is it really necessary to have a custom busybox config?
>>
> I need to enable the mdev loading firmware support.
> I will change the snowball defconfig file in order to use mdev.

  Yes, if you select BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_MDEV then mdev
will automatically be selected in busybox.

[snip]
>>> +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET=y
>>
>>   Why?
>>
> To load the kernel from the rootfs partition hence the boot partition
> could be removed.

  Yes, that was actually obvious, I was stupid to ask it.


  Regards,
  Arnout
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