buildroot-novena/linux, branch 2011.11_rc2

linux: make vmlinux target available to all architectures

2011-11-14T15:20:53+00:00

The 'vmlinux' target in the linux build directory is a generic target. It may not be directly bootable for all architectures, but for projects where a custom bootloader is used, it can be of value. Previously, this target was only available for mips architectures. This patch removes this restriction. Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire Acked-by: Thomas Petazzoni Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard

linux: update stable kernel version to 3.1.1

2011-11-14T12:13:25+00:00

Signed-off-by: Sven Neumann Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard

linux: add linux-update-config and linux-update-defconfig targets

2011-11-11T19:13:14+00:00

In analogy to build targets uclibc-update and busybox-update, add extra targets to copy the current configuration to the custom configuration file set in buildroot. These targets facilitate the work of developers adding support for a specific board. linux-update-config copies .config directly. linux-update-defconfig first creates a defconfig and copies that. Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire Acked-by: Thomas Petazzoni Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard

Add vmlinuz support in Kernel binary format for MIPS.

2011-10-28T08:52:31+00:00

Signed-off-by: Kelvin Cheung Acked-by: Thomas De Schampheleire Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard

linux: vmlinux target is valid for powerpc too

2011-10-25T06:17:10+00:00

The vmlinux kernel target is valid for powerpc kernels too. In fact this broke the qemu sample config. Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard

linux: bump default kernel to version 3.1

2011-10-24T15:49:13+00:00

Bump default kernel vesion to 3.1 to match headers. Also implement downloads for 3.x series kernels. Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard

package: remove useless arguments from GENTARGETS

2011-09-29T21:09:58+00:00

Thanks to the pkgparentdir and pkgname functions, we can rewrite the GENTARGETS macro in a way that avoids the need for each package to repeat its name and the directory in which it is present. [Peter: pkgdir->pkgparentdir] Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard

fs/initramfs: refactor with fs/cpio

2011-09-27T20:46:00+00:00

An initramfs is in fact the same as a cpio archive, but embedded in the kernel. So instead of duplicating the cpio infrastructure, we can simply build images/rootfs.cpio and link that into the kernel. Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard

rtai: fix path to apply-patches

2011-09-20T20:18:32+00:00

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard

rtai, xenomai: use the pre patch hook point

2011-09-20T20:18:16+00:00

The post extract hook point is not really correct as what RTAI and Xenomai extensions are doing is patching the kernel. The post patch hook point doesn't work, because RTAI and Xenomai patches would be applied *after* all other patches, while it sounds more logical to apply them first, and *then* allow the user to apply some platform/board specific patches if needed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard