Commit b47c8cc8 authored by Thomas De Schampheleire's avatar Thomas De Schampheleire Committed by Peter Korsgaard
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manual: clarify format of comments about dependency on Linux kernel 



Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt

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** Dependency symbol: +!BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB+

** Comment string: +dynamic library+



Dependencies on a Linux kernel built by buildroot

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Some packages need a Linux kernel to be built by buildroot. These are

typically kernel modules or firmware. A comment should be added in the

Config.in file to express this dependency, similar to dependencies on

toolchain options. The general format is:



--------------------------

foo needs a Linux kernel to be built

--------------------------



If there is a dependency on both toolchain options and the Linux

kernel, use this format:

--------------------------

foo needs a toolchain w/ featA, featB, featC and a Linux kernel to be built

--------------------------



The +.mk+ file

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