Changeset 3709

Timestamp:

03/10/08 15:58:52 (9 months ago)

Author:

n0-1

Message:

fon2100 kernel stripping
* output binary since no elf-loader support in redboot
* some documentation about the kernel patching mechanism

Files:

• trunk/freewrt/mk/kernel-build.mk (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/freewrt/mk/kernel-build.mk

@@ -15 +15 @@
-
-KERNEL_IDIR:=$(LINUX_BUILD_DIR)/kernel-ipkg
+
+# applying kernel patches:
+# 0. cwd is target/linux/${BOARD}
+# 1. if ../generic-${KERNEL} (i.e. generic-2.4 or generic-2.6) exists,
+#    apply patches from there
+# 2. if ../generic-${UNAME_R} (i.e. e.g. generic-2.6.23.12) exists,
+#    apply patches from there
+# 3. if ./patches (vendor-specific stuff) exists, apply contained patches
+# 4. if ./${DEVICE}/patches (device-specific stuff) exists, apply the patches
-
-$(LINUX_BUILD_DIR)/.extract: ${_CHECKSUM_COOKIE}
@@ -88 +97 @@
-        $(TARGET_CROSS)objcopy -O binary -R .reginfo -R .note -R .comment -R .mdebug -S $< $@ $(MAKE_TRACE)
-else
+ifeq ($(BOARD),atheros)
+        $(TARGET_CROSS)objcopy -O binary -R .reginfo -R .note -R .comment -R .mdebug -S $< $@ $(MAKE_TRACE)
+else
-        $(TARGET_CROSS)objcopy -R .reginfo -R .note -R .comment -R .mdebug -S $< $@ $(MAKE_TRACE)
+endif
-endif
-endif