[Buildroot] Request for information

[Giulio Benetti]

Hi Bignesh,

On 16/06/23 14:46, bignesh lenka wrote:
> Respected sir/madam,
> 
> I am software engineer, working for a startup called besquare 
> technologies. Here we are using buildroot for learning as well as 
> developing new applications.
> 
> I as an enthusiast wanted to know when we build an environment for a 
> specific hardware from where and how the kernel is getting downloaded to 
> the output directory.

I think these slides can help you understanding Buildroot in general:
https://bootlin.com/doc/training/buildroot/buildroot-slides.pdf

and I suggest you to try to build one of the board under 
buildroot/configs/ folder. That way you should be able to see the
various steps covered, including Linux building. By reading the log
you should be able to understand how Buildroot downloads, extract,
patch, configure, build and install Linux as well as any other package.

If you take a quick look at any _defconfig file you should see how Linux
version and possible URL are used, as any kind of option.

> Hope you reply to my query as soon as possible

Whenever people have time to answer. This is open source, so there is no
"asap".

Best regards
-- 
CEO/CTO at Benetti Engineering sas