[Buildroot] [PATCH] docs/manual: add list of instrumentation steps

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Sat May 2 21:34:42 UTC 2015


The names of steps is not obvious, so add this list to the manual.

Small formatting fix at the same time.

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
---
 docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt b/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt
index b97f633..c014fa1 100644
--- a/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ space-separated list, you want called before and after each step. The
 scripts are called in sequence, with three parameters:
 
   - +start+ or +end+ to denote the start (resp. the end) of a step;
-  - the name of the step about to be started, or which just ended.
-  - the name of the package
+  - the name of the step about to be started, or which just ended;
+  - the name of the package (empty for the +target-finalize+ step).
 
 For example :
 
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ For example :
 make BR2_INSTRUMENTATION_SCRIPTS="/path/to/my/script1 /path/to/my/script2"
 ----
 
+The list of steps are:
+
+  - +extract+
+  - +patch+
+  - +configure+
+  - +build+
+  - +install-host+, when a host-package is installed in +$(HOST_DIR)+
+  - +install-target+, when a target-package is installed in +$(TARGET_DIR)+
+  - +install-staging+, when a target-package is installed in +$(STAGING_DIR)+
+  - +install-image+, when a target-package installs files in +$(BINARIES_DIR)+
+
 That script has access to the following variables:
 
   - +BR2_CONFIG+: the path to the Buildroot .config file
-- 
1.9.1



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