[Buildroot] [PATCHv6 3/5] core: allow external Config.in/makefile code to be integrated

[Ryan Barnett]

Thomas P,

Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> wrote on 12/04/2013 
05:14:49 PM:

> This commit allows the BR2_EXTERNAL directory to contain Config.in and
> Makefile code, which gets integrated into the Buildroot build logic:
> 
>  - Buildroot automatically includes the $BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in in the
>    top-level configuration menu.
> 
>  - Buildroot automatically includes the BR2_EXTERNAL/external.mk in
>    the build logic, so it can for example be used to include other .mk
>    files that define package recipes.
> 
> This is typically intended to be used to create target packages in the
> BR2_EXTERNAL directory, but can also be used for bootloaders, host
> packages, or other custom make logic.
> 
> We also add a dummy Config.in file in support/dummy-external/ to
> ensure that the source "$BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in" line will point to an
> existing file even when BR2_EXTERNAL is not used by the user.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Tested-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> ---
>  Config.in                          | 2 ++
>  Makefile                           | 2 ++
>  support/dummy-external/Config.in   | 0
>  support/dummy-external/external.mk | 0
>  4 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 support/dummy-external/Config.in
>  create mode 100644 support/dummy-external/external.mk

Acked-by: Ryan Barnett <rjbarnet at rockwellcollins.com>