Wolfram Sang wrote: > Hello Gary, > >> Assume that I have a totally local kernel tree - how can I use >> this? Also assume that I don't [necessarily] need/want ptxdist >> to bother building my kernel. >> >> How can I configure things to work in this way? > > The current state of local kernel trees looks like this: > Assuming we want to use a tree in /home/wsa/kernel/worktrees/fancyboard > > First call: > > ptxdist setup -> Source directories -> Prefix for kernel trees > (/home/wsa/kernel/worktrees/) > > then: > > ptxdist platformconfig -> Linux kernel > > -> Kernel version (enter here the dirname of the tree you want to use, > here 'fancyboard') > -> Local kernel tree (activate it) > > Your build-target-directory will then contain a symlink named > "linux-fancyboard" pointing to the local tree. > > Is this what you had in mind?
Close, but I'm still fuzzy on a couple of details. * Why not just specify the whole kernel source path, rather than the [obscure in my mind] prefix + version. I have kernel source trees all over the place and having to rerun 'setup' to build seems problematic. * How do I specify a particular kernel configuration? Currently, I will build my kernel like this: % mkdir /work/new_kernel % make -C /work/kernel_source O=/work/new_kernel platform_defconfig % make O=/work/new_kernel oldconfig % make O=/work/new_kernel zImage Thanks for helping with this. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------ -- ptxdist mailing list ptxdist@pengutronix.de
