[Buildroot] [PATCH 4/4] package/mender: Do not automatically select uboot tools if uboot is selected
aduskett at gmail.com
aduskett at gmail.com
Sun Mar 7 22:25:36 UTC 2021
From: Adam Duskett <aduskett at gmail.com>
Because uboot requires a set of unique patches for each board, the upstream
package developers are phasing out supporting uboot wherever possible.
Instead, they recommend using Grub as a secondary bootloader and using
mender-grubenv whenever possible.
As such, remove selecting uboot tools when uboot is selected, and instead add
a note in the help section about what Mender requires for uboot and grub-based
systems.
Signed-off-by: Adam Duskett <aduskett at gmail.com>
---
package/mender/Config.in | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/package/mender/Config.in b/package/mender/Config.in
index 6a80c410ce..6c84157734 100644
--- a/package/mender/Config.in
+++ b/package/mender/Config.in
@@ -5,14 +5,24 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MENDER
depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
select BR2_PACKAGE_XZ
- select BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS if BR2_TARGET_UBOOT # runtime
- select BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_FWPRINTENV if BR2_TARGET_UBOOT # runtime
help
Mender is an open source over-the-air (OTA) software updater
for embedded Linux devices. Mender comprises a client
running at the embedded device, as well as a server that
manages deployments across many devices.
+ Note:
+ For systems using uboot as the bootloader:
+ - uboot must be patched with the mender uboot patches.
+ - uboot-tools must be selected.
+ - fw_printenv must be functional on the device.
+
+ For systems using Grub as the bootloader:
+ - Mender depends on the mender-grubenv package.
+
+ The mender project recommends using uboot to load Grub as a
+ secondary bootloader when possible.
+
https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender
comment "mender needs a toolchain w/ threads"
--
2.25.1
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