On Thursday 19 April 2012 22:42:32 Jonas Gorski wrote: > On 19 April 2012 22:32, Florian Fainelli <flor...@openwrt.org> wrote: > > Hi Arend, > > > > On Thursday 19 April 2012 21:44:43 Arend van Spriel wrote: > >> Hi Hauke, > >> > >> I have setup openwrt environment and can build a router image. The > >> kernel comes from a tarball. Do you or someone else ever tried to pull > >> in the kernel from a git repository? I want to look into this myself, > >> but could use some pointers. > > > > The OpenWrt build system supports pulling a kernel from a git > > repository, or even using an "external" kernel directory. In order to > > use these features, run the following: > > > > make menuconfig -> Advanced configuration options (for developers) > > Enter git repository to clone > > > > The string should contain the full git clone url. > > Note that the kernel version is being assumed as the kernel version > specified in your target's Makefile, so you might want to adapt it. > This is important for the paths for some kernel modules, as well as > which target/linux/*/config-<version> get used for the kernel config. > Also you need to apply OpenWrt patches by hand if you need them, > especially if you want to build flashable images (for ramdisk images > you usually don't need much, e.g. I can build and boot a vanilla linux > bcm63xx ramdisk image if the kernel is new enough). > > Some packages also depend on OpenWrt kernel patches, like iptables.
I did make sure that we don't apply any patches to iptables when building with the "external" kernel tree, but I did not do the same for the case where you are using a cloned tree, that needs fixing. > > > Jonas, > happy user of "Use external kernel tree" pointing to his linux clone > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel -- Florian _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
