[Buildroot] [v3, 3/4] barebox: user selection of build output images

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Wed Mar 2 18:18:19 UTC 2016


On 03/02/16 08:54, Pieter Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 12:14:15AM +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
>> On 02/29/16 09:38, Pieter Smith wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>>
>>> ACK. Done. I solved this with the above default and help text pointing the user
>>> to use 'barebox.bin' for older versions. I'm just waiting for Yegor, and then
>>> I'll repost.
>>>
>>> Right now a user-friendly warning is generated if an old config is used and
>>> this config item has not yet been set. 
>>
>>  If you give it a default value, it _will_ be set for old configs.
> 
> If the user remembers to run defconfig. If he doesn't, the error is quite vague.

 When you update buildroot and run 'make', there should be an implicit run of
'make oldconfig', which will update all the automatic symbols and ask for any
new ones. TBH I don't completely understand how it works, but it happens like
that for me.

 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
>>> I can have the makefile also generate a
>>> hint for older barebox versions if the image filename isn't found:
>>> - Do you think the additional complexity is warranted?
>>
>>  Yes, that's worth it.
> 
> ACK. Will do.
> 
>>  Regards,
>>  Arnout
> 
> [snip]
> 
> - Pieter
> 


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