[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/7] dtc: add host build

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:

 > From: Peter Seiderer <ps.report at gmx.net>
 > Having a host variant of dtc is needed for example for U-Boot, which
 > uses the Device Tree for a number of platforms.

 > In addition, now that we have a proper host-dtc package, it is no
 > longer needed for the linux package to install the host dtc compiler:
 > users interested in having the host dtc compiler can simply enable
 > this package.

 > A Config.in.host option is added to build host-dtc, because the
 > initial reason why the host DTC built by the kernel was installed in
 > $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin (commit 707d44d0a28906ebda49584dd5f55985406f0bde
 > from Thomas DS) was:

 >     Having dtc as a host tool can be useful for users that have a
 >     custom boot scenario where the device tree is not embedded in the
 >     kernel.

 > [Thomas:
 >   - remove the linux installation of host dtc.
 >   - rework the commit log.]

Committed with the linux.mk part dropped, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard