[Buildroot] [git commit] linux: adjust BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME help text

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Thu Apr 2 22:25:34 UTC 2020


commit: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=ea044ee20c8b1a53cd75bc85e257674b8c106ee7
branch: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=refs/heads/master

The help text of BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME is somewhat incomplete,
in the sense that it assumes just a filename can be passed, while it
can be a relative path, such as 'compressed/vmlinux.bin.z'. So make it
clear that such paths are relative to arch/ARCH/boot/.

Also, drop the part about this being only useful for Xtensa as this is
not true: on MIPS it might be needed as well for some specific image
types.

Reported-by: Paul Cercueil <paul at crapouillou.net>
Cc: Paul Cercueil <paul at crapouillou.net>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>
---
 linux/Config.in | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
index 1adbd86b1f..9af7beefa6 100644
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME
 	string "Kernel image name"
 	depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM
 	help
-	  The filename of the kernel image, if it is different from the
-	  make target (above). Only Xtensa uses a filename different
-	  from the make target. Defaults to
-	  BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME.
+	  The filename of the kernel image, if it is different from
+	  the make target (above). Defaults to
+	  BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME. If specified, the
+	  filename is relative to arch/ARCH/boot/.
 
 	  If unsure, leave it empty.
 


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