From 1e1976a25d2a967759fddb747a074343678b42ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giulio Benetti Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 22:22:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] manual: board support: add instructions to test defconfig in the official docker 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 Signed-off-by: Giulio Benetti Reviewed-by: Luca Ceresoli Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) --- 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..cd90a5871f 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-board-support.txt @@ -46,3 +46,11 @@ create a directory +board/+ and a subdirectory +board//+. 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 issue these commands: +-------------------- + $ make +_defconfig+ + $ make +--------------------