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| author | Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin@gmail.com> | 2014-09-18 21:39:25 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> | 2014-09-21 19:41:12 +0200 |
| commit | 1ee5dccdc234d133e59d28a67286a4ec2912c058 (patch) | |
| tree | 7d3a64c5c541f7e8de0abf3212fbae1c03509df9 /docs/manual | |
| parent | eae23478310d963b48c611a025986af28ed79982 (diff) | |
manual/developer guide: minor rework of 'adding board support' section
Minor rework of the section 'Creating your own board support', as follows:
- Rename section into 'Adding support for a particular board'
- Modify introduction
- Refer to Project-specific customizations chapter
Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/customize.txt | 1 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt b/docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt index 88fd290f6..f6d74ae1f 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ // -*- mode:doc; -*- // vim: set syntax=asciidoc: -[[customize-store-board-support]] -== Creating your own board support +[[adding-board-support]] +== Adding support for a particular board -Creating your own board support in Buildroot allows users of a -particular hardware platform to easily build a system that is known to -work. +Buildroot contains basic configurations for several publicly available +hardware boards, so that users of such a board can easily build a system +that is known to work. You are welcome to add support for other boards +to Buildroot too. To do so, you need to create a normal Buildroot configuration that builds a basic system for the hardware: toolchain, kernel, bootloader, @@ -34,4 +35,4 @@ configuration or patches specific to your target platform. To do so, create a directory +board/<manufacturer>+ and a subdirectory +board/<manufacturer>/<boardname>+. You can then store your patches and configurations in these directories, and reference them from the main -Buildroot configuration. +Buildroot configuration. Refer to xref:customize[] for more details. diff --git a/docs/manual/customize.txt b/docs/manual/customize.txt index 48076560e..4051ae0cd 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize.txt @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ // -*- mode:doc; -*- // vim: set syntax=asciidoc: +[[customize]] == Project-specific customization Typical actions you may need to perform for a given project are: |