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doc: document <foo>_DEVICES / _PERMISSIONS

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Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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Maxime Ripard 2012-01-11 18:53:41 +01:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
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docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt
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@ -38,7 +38,15 @@ system is based on hand-written Makefiles or shell scripts.
24: $(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/foo.d
25: endef
26:
27: $(eval $(call GENTARGETS))
27: define LIBFOO_DEVICES
28: /dev/foo c 666 0 0 42 0 - - -
29: endef
30:
31: define LIBFOO_PERMISSIONS
32: /bin/foo f 4755 0 0 - - - - -
33: endef
34:
35: $(eval $(call GENTARGETS))
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The Makefile begins on line 6 to 8 with metadata information: the
@ -75,7 +83,7 @@ All these steps rely on the +$(@D)+ variable, which
contains the directory where the source code of the package has been
extracted.
Finally, on line 27, we call the +GENTARGETS+ which
Finally, on line 35, we call the +GENTARGETS+ which
generates, according to the variables defined previously, all the
Makefile code necessary to make your package working.
@ -188,6 +196,13 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
variables are executed to install the package into the target
directory.
* +LIBFOO_DEVICES+ lists the device files to be created by Buildroot
when using the static device table. The syntax to use is the
makedevs one.
* +LIBFOO_PERMISSIONS+ lists the changes of permissions to be done at
the end of the build process. The syntax is once again the makedevs one.
The recommended way to define these variables is to use the following
syntax: