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We currently do the Linux build as follows: make <imagename> if modules enabled; make modules; fi However, Clement Léger recently reported that due to us not using the "all" target, the GDB scripts that the kernel can build when CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS is enabled are not built, since upstream kernel commit 67274c083438340ad16c1437caebc84e1253b224 (merged in v5.1) moved that logic to a separate scripts_gdb target, which is a dependency of the "all" target. While we could add some more logic to explicit generate the "scripts_gdb" target, this logic would fail on Linux < 5.1 for which this make target doesn't exist. So instead, let's simplify the build logic, and use: make all <imagename> The "all" target automatically depends on "modules" if CONFIG_MODULES is set, so we no longer need to explicit generate the "modules" target separately. As a result of this change, we may generate additional kernel images compared to what was done previously, but such images would anyway not be installed, and the additional build time is minimal. We did some research as to why the kernel build was done like this in Buildroot, and it's been like that since linux/linux.mk was added back in 2010 by commit |
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Buildroot is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation. The documentation can be found in docs/manual. You can generate a text document with 'make manual-text' and read output/docs/manual/manual.text. Online documentation can be found at http://buildroot.org/docs.html To build and use the buildroot stuff, do the following: 1) run 'make menuconfig' 2) select the target architecture and the packages you wish to compile 3) run 'make' 4) wait while it compiles 5) find the kernel, bootloader, root filesystem, etc. in output/images You do not need to be root to build or run buildroot. Have fun! Buildroot comes with a basic configuration for a number of boards. Run 'make list-defconfigs' to view the list of provided configurations. Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to the buildroot mailing list: buildroot@buildroot.org You can also find us on #buildroot on Freenode IRC. If you would like to contribute patches, please read https://buildroot.org/manual.html#submitting-patches