[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] manual: board support: add instructions to test defconfig in the official docker
Arnout Vandecappelle
arnout at mind.be
Mon Mar 7 21:48:27 UTC 2022
On 19/02/2022 22:22, Giulio Benetti wrote:
> Sometimes new boards have not been tested with official docker so let's add
> instructions to do it with utils/docker-run.
>
> Cc: Luca Ceresoli <luca at lucaceresoli.net>
> Signed-off-by: Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti at benettiengineering.com>
Applied to master with Luca's improvement, thanks.
Regards,
Arnout
> ---
> V1->V2:
> * use the available utils/docker-run
> * improve explanation as suggested by Luca Ceresoli
> ---
> docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt b/docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt
> index 33ed709535..074bab7a00 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt
> +++ b/docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt
> @@ -46,3 +46,11 @@ create a directory +board/<manufacturer>+ and a subdirectory
> +board/<manufacturer>/<boardname>+. You can then store your patches
> and configurations in these directories, and reference them from the main
> Buildroot configuration. Refer to xref:customize[] for more details.
> +
> +Before submitting patches for new boards it is recommended to test it by
> +building it using latest gitlab-CI docker container. To do this use
> +utils/docker-run script and inside it hint:
> +--------------------
> + $ make +<boardname>_defconfig+
> + $ make
> +--------------------
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