Hi Alexander, On Tuesday 09 February 2016 16:29:06 Alexander Stein wrote: > in a project I have to add a platform which requirs a slightly different > (kernel) patch set than current one. Up to now my patches are located in > PTXDIST_WORKSPACE/patches/linux-x.y.z which works great. I tried to use a > series.PLATFORMSUFFIX which didn't work. After reading > http://www.pengutronix.de/software/ptxdist/appnotes/OSELAS.BSP-Pengutronix-Generic-arm-Quickstart.pdf > I noticed that section 4.1.2 and 4.2.4 names different search orders. While I > prefere the one from 4.1.2 (PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR/patches/linux-x.y.z > before PTXDIST_WORKSPACE/patches/linux-x.y.z) it seems that ptxdist actually > uses the one from 4.2.4 PTXDIST_WORKSPACE/patches/linux-x.y.z before > PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR/patches/linux-x.y.z. Which one was intended?
A single platform can be used in different BSPs, and a BSP describes a specific application which might need special adaptions to the platform to make it work. So, the BSP itself (e.g. "PTXDIST_WORKSPACE") has always the highest priority. Regards, Juergen -- Pengutronix e.K. | Juergen Borleis | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | _______________________________________________ ptxdist mailing list ptxdist@pengutronix.de
