Commit e2ed6c8e authored by Martin Hicks's avatar Martin Hicks Committed by Peter Korsgaard
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linux: Add support to specify special Kernel Image make target 



This is useful for ARCHes like PowerPC that have a whole lot of
special targets for each different board.  The kernel image target
tells make which OpenFirmware machine description file is combined into
the kernel binary.

[Peter: fix long lines]
Signed-Off-By: default avatarMartin Hicks <mort@bork.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
parent 06002a58

linux/Config.in

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@@ -133,8 +133,26 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX 
	bool "vmlinux"

	depends on BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel



config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM

	bool "custom target"

	help

	  For certain cases a board-specific target image must be

	  used.  For example, on powerPC where the OpenFirmware

	  description is attached in a board-specific kernel image

	  target like 'cuImage.mpc8379_rdb'.



	  Select this option and specify the make target in "Kernel

	  image target name".



endchoice



config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME

	string "Kernel image target name"

	depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM

	help

	  Specify the kernel make target to build the kernel that you

	  need.



endif # BR2_LINUX_KERNEL



endmenu

linux/linux.mk

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@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ LINUX26_MAKE_FLAGS = \ 
# going to be installed in the target filesystem.

LINUX26_VERSION_PROBED = $(shell $(MAKE) $(LINUX26_MAKE_FLAGS) -C $(LINUX26_DIR) --no-print-directory -s kernelrelease)



ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM),y)

LINUX26_IMAGE_NAME=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME))

else

ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UIMAGE),y)

ifeq ($(KERNEL_ARCH),blackfin)

# a uImage, but with a different file name
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ LINUX26_IMAGE_NAME=vmlinux.bin 
else ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX),y)

LINUX26_IMAGE_NAME=vmlinux

endif

endif



# Compute the arch path, since i386 and x86_64 are in arch/x86 and not

# in arch/$(KERNEL_ARCH). Even if the kernel creates symbolic links