menu "Kernel" config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL bool "Linux Kernel" help Enable this option if you want to build a Linux kernel for your embedded device if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL # # Version selection. We provide the choice between: # # 1. A single fairly recent stable kernel version # 2. In case an internal toolchain has been built, the same kernel # version as the kernel headers # 3. A custom stable version # 4. A custom tarball # choice prompt "Kernel version" config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_VERSION bool "3.18" config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_SAME_AS_HEADERS bool "Same as toolchain kernel headers" depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT help This option will re-use the same kernel sources as the one that have been used for the kernel headers of the cross-compiling toolchain. Having the same version for the kernel running on the system and for the kernel headers is not a requirement, but using the same version allows to download only one tarball of the kernel sources. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION bool "Custom version" help This option allows to use a specific official version from kernel.org, like 2.6.x, 2.6.x.y, 3.x.y, ... Note: you cannot use this option to select a _longterm_ 2.6 kernel, because these kernels are not located at the standard URL at kernel.org. Instead, select "Custom tarball" and specify the right URL directly. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL bool "Custom tarball" help This option allows to specify the http or ftp location of a specific kernel source tarball config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT bool "Custom Git repository" help This option allows Buildroot to get the Linux kernel source code from a Git repository. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_HG bool "Custom Mercurial repository" help This option allows Buildroot to get the Linux kernel source code from a Mercurial repository. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_LOCAL bool "Local directory" help This option allows Buildroot to get the Linux kernel source code from a local directory. endchoice config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE string "Kernel version" depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION string "URL of custom kernel tarball" depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT || BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_HG config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_URL string "URL of custom repository" default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL \ if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL != "" # legacy config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION string "Custom repository version" default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT_VERSION \ if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT_VERSION != "" # legacy help Revision to use in the typical format used by Git/Mercurial E.G. a sha id, a tag, branch, .. endif config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_LOCAL_PATH string "Path to the local directory" depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_LOCAL help Path to the local directory with the Linux kernel source code. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION string default "3.18" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_VERSION default BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_HEADERS if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_SAME_AS_HEADERS default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE \ if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION default "custom" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION \ if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT || BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_HG default "custom" if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_LOCAL # # Patch selection # config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH string "Custom kernel patches" help A space-separated list of patches to apply to the kernel. Each patch can be described as an URL, a local file path, or a directory. In the case of a directory, all files matching linux-*.patch in the directory will be applied. # # Configuration selection # choice prompt "Kernel configuration" default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_DEFCONFIG config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_DEFCONFIG bool "Using a defconfig" config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG bool "Using a custom config file" endchoice config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG string "Defconfig name" depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_DEFCONFIG help Name of the kernel defconfig file to use, without the trailing _defconfig. The defconfig is located in arch//configs in the kernel tree. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE string "Configuration file path" depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG help Path to the kernel configuration file # # Binary format # config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UBOOT_IMAGE bool choice prompt "Kernel binary format" config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UIMAGE bool "uImage" depends on BR2_arc || BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || BR2_bfin || \ BR2_powerpc || BR2_avr32 || BR2_sh || BR2_sh64 || \ BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UBOOT_IMAGE config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_UIMAGE bool "uImage with appended DT" depends on BR2_arm || BR2_armeb select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_DTB select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UBOOT_IMAGE config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_BZIMAGE bool "bzImage" depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE bool "zImage" depends on BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || BR2_powerpc || \ BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le || BR2_sparc || \ BR2_sh || BR2_sh64 || BR2_xtensa config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_ZIMAGE bool "zImage with appended DT" depends on BR2_arm || BR2_armeb select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_DTB config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUIMAGE bool "cuImage" depends on BR2_powerpc select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UBOOT_IMAGE select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTB_IS_SELF_BUILT config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_SIMPLEIMAGE bool "simpleImage" depends on BR2_microblaze select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UBOOT_IMAGE select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTB_IS_SELF_BUILT config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LINUX_BIN bool "linux.bin" depends on BR2_microblaze select BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UBOOT_IMAGE config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX_BIN bool "vmlinux.bin" depends on BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_sh || BR2_sh64 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX bool "vmlinux" config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUZ bool "vmlinuz" depends on BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM bool "custom target" help For certain cases a board-specific target image must be used. For example, on powerPC where the OpenFirmware description is attached in a board-specific kernel image target like 'cuImage.mpc8379_rdb'. Select this option and specify the make target in "Kernel image target name". endchoice config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME string "Kernel image target name" depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM help Specify the kernel make target to build the kernel that you need. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME string "Kernel image name" depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM help The filename of the kernel image, if it is different from the make target (above). Only Xtensa uses a filename different from the make target. Defaults to BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME. If unsure, leave it empty. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UIMAGE_LOADADDR string "load address (for 3.7+ multi-platform image)" depends on BR2_arm || BR2_armeb depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UIMAGE || BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_UIMAGE help If your ARM system's Linux kernel is configured with the new (3.7+) multi-architecture support (CONFIG_ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM=y in your kernel config), then it is necessary to specify a kernel load address when building the uImage. This should be a hexadecimal string beginning with 0x, for example: 0x00008000. If unsure, let this option empty. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT bool "Device tree support" help Compile a device tree source into a device tree blob. Select the dts file to compile in the options below. if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT # We have mainly three cases when it comes to device tree support: # 1) We don't want any support at all. Then the ..DTS_SUPPORT # variable won't be set # 2) We want device tree support, so we need the user to enter # the device tree name or the the path to the custom device # he uses, but the kernel abstracts this from us and only # build an image that looks like a regular kernel image. In # this case, we only need to derive the kernel image name from # the given device tree name, and all the rest is as usual # 3) We want device tree support, but the kernel requires us to # build the device tree blob separately. In this case, some # more logic will be needed. # The variable below address the second case, were you only want # limited actions from buildroot. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTB_IS_SELF_BUILT bool config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_DTB bool choice prompt "Device tree source" default BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_INTREE_DTS config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_INTREE_DTS bool "Use a device tree present in the kernel." help Use a device tree source distributed with the kernel sources. The dts files are located in the arch//boot/dts folder. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_DTS bool "Use a custom device tree file" help Use a custom device tree file, i.e, a device tree file that does not belong to the kernel source tree. endchoice config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME string "Device Tree Source file names" depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_INTREE_DTS help Name of the device tree source file, without the trailing .dts. You can provide a list of dts files to build, separated by spaces. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH string "Device Tree Source file paths" depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_DTS help Path to the device tree source files. You can provide a list of dts paths to copy and build, separated by spaces. endif config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET bool "Install kernel image to /boot in target" depends on !BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS help Select this option to have the kernel image installed to /boot in the target root filesystem, as is typically done on x86/x86_64 systems. Note that this option also installs the Device Tree Blobs to /boot if DTBs have been generated by the kernel build process. # Linux extensions source "linux/Config.ext.in" endif # BR2_LINUX_KERNEL endmenu