Re: [PATCH L-C v3 0/7] linux-custom recipe rework

[Cedric Hombourger <Cedric_Hombourger@mentor.com>]

On 11/8/19 8:37 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 08.11.19 08:27, Cedric Hombourger wrote:
>>
>> On 11/8/19 8:12 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>> On 08.11.19 08:07, Cedric Hombourger wrote:
>>>> The Linux kernel is packaged a bit differently between Debian variants
>>>> and in particular for the perf package(s) in Debian vs Ubuntu. Since
>>>> there is no way the kernel build scripts would ever get distro 
>>>> specific
>>>> support for building more than the kernel and headers, we need our own
>>>> build/packaging scripts.
>>>>
>>>> Version 3 of this changeset was tested against ci_build.sh and some 
>>>> images were
>>>> booted on hardware available here. No regressions were detected (to 
>>>> date). This
>>>> was also tested on the creator-ci40-marduk machine (subject of 
>>>> another patch
>>>> series).
>>>
>>> dts files weren't tested so far. They end up in the wrong directory 
>>> on the target and, thus, will not be found by the boot loader. I can 
>>> likely tell you in a moment which part exactly is wrong.
>> ok thanks. the boards I tested either do not use dtb files or require 
>> a custom dtb path setting anyway
>
> I strongly recommend to switch everything to ditro boot. That's 
> usually just a simple patch to the default u-boot env. More and more 
> vendors support that, and it's the unified way of booting Isar.
I can't agree more (need to work with the vendor of the board I have to 
update their insanely old u-boot, it is insane to have it supported with 
mainline kernels but keep a 4-years old u-boot).
>
> Jan