[Buildroot] BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG and Atmel targets

[Anders Blomdell]

Bernhard Reutner-Fischer wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 08:47:55AM +0200, Anders Blomdell wrote:
>> Hans-Christian Egtvedt wrote:
>>> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:16:24 +0200
>>> Anders Blomdell <anders.blomdell at control.lth.se> wrote:
>>>
>>>> in target/device/Atmel/atngw100/Makefile.in there is a line
>>>>
>>>> BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG:=$(BOARD_PATH)/busybox-1.9.1.config
>>>>
>>>> unfortunately this makes it impossible to change busybox config 
>>>> (primarily I want to turn off telnet) to a custom version. What is
>>>> the correct way to handle this?
>>>>
>>> Well, naming indicates that you will need to add a
>>> busybox-<version>.config file.
>> And change the Makfile.in as well, IMHO that is the wrong path to follow.
>>> It is probably a good idea to scrap the <version> part as well, just
>>> have a generic busybox.config file. Kconfig options should not change
>>> that often, and user will be asked to answer yes/no to new features
>>> most times.
>> Is there any good reason at all to unconditionally ignore the busybox 
>> config choosen by the user (many of the Atmel boards and a few other 
>> does this)? Would a patch that just removes all these unconditional 
>> configurations be accepted, or is there any deep reason for not allowing 
>> Atmel users choose their own busybox configuration (and in the default 
>> case choose the buildroot default instead of a board specific one)?
> 
> Did you read docs/README and try what's documented there (see
> "finegrained")?
No, missed that (or more correctly I interpreted that setting
BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_CONFIG should be equivalent).

Regards

Anders Blomdell


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