Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of linux/kernel

Timestamp:

02/12/2019 06:07:30 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

clarify INSTALL_HDR_PATH needs to be passed to make vs env var

linux/kernel

@@ -162 +162 @@
  * PATH - make sure the directory where the toolchains compiler (${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc) executable exists. Typically you will prepend this to the default PATH
  * INSTALL_MOD_PATH - where to install kernel modules too if using the 'modules_install' build target (in our examples we install to ./install)
- * INSTALL_HDR_PATH - where to install header files if using the 'headers_install' build target (in our examples we install to ./install)
+ * INSTALL_HDR_PATH - where to install header files if using the 'headers_install' build target (in our examples we install to ./install; note that this needs to be passed into make as opposed to an env var)
  * LOADADDR - where to relocate/uncompress the kernel to when using the uImage target
  * Examples:
@@ -181 +181 @@
 export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-openwrt-linux-
 export INSTALL_MOD_PATH=install
-export INSTALL_HDR_PATH=install
 export LOADADDR=0x10008000
 }}}
@@ -228 +227 @@
  * uImage - compressed kernel wrapped in a U-Boot image header (use this for Ventana/IMX6) which requires the $LOADADDR env variable to tell U-Boot where to uncompress the kernel to
  * modules - for building loadable kernel modules (*.ko)
- * modules_install - for installing the loadable kernel modules to $INSTALL_MOD_PATH 
- * headers_install - for installing kernel header files to $INSTALL_HDR_PATH
+ * modules_install - for installing the loadable kernel modules to $INSTALL_MOD_PATH (env)
+ * headers_install - for installing kernel header files to INSTALL_HDR_PATH (which must be passed in to make)
  * dtbs - for building device-tree blobs (*.dtb) from kernel source tree (Ventana/IMX6; for Newport we use out-of-kernel tree device-tree)
  * Examples:
   - Newport/CN80XX:
 {{{#!bash
-make Image modules modules_install headers_install
+make Image modules modules_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=install headers_install
 }}}
   - Ventana/IMX6:
 {{{#!bash
-make uImage dtbs modules modules_install headers_install
+make uImage dtbs modules modules_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH=install headers_install
 }}}