[Buildroot] kernel install from buildroot

[Andreas Ziegler]

Hi ct,

On 2025-04-18 16:03, ct clmsn wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> This should be a pretty trivial question mostly asking to make sure my
> assumptions are correct.
> 
> I'm doing hardware testing with an SBC. I have an SBC that is 
> configured to
> boot from an NVME-SSD. A vendor encouraged me to use buildroot to 
> compile a
> new kernel. My preference would be to just update the existing 
> environment
> on my SBC's NVME-SSD.
> 
> Given `buildroot/output/target` contains the compiled linux kernel with
> firmware, which directories or files should I be concerned with copying
> over on the NVME-SSD?

Buildroot copies the final kernel image to output/images. In addition 
you need the content of output/target/lib/modules.

Kind regards,
Andreas

> Thanks in advance for the assistance and confirming my 
> back-of-the-envelope
> verification.
> 
> v/r,
> ct