From 4ba4822f832e47f8f2cb257f552e180ce39d969d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:04:34 +0000 Subject: update build directory paths SVN-Revision: 10000 --- docs/build.tex | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/build.tex b/docs/build.tex index 32bd146..ef58b0b 100644 --- a/docs/build.tex +++ b/docs/build.tex @@ -65,16 +65,16 @@ There are four key directories in the base: \texttt{tools} and \texttt{toolchain} refer to common tools which will be used to build the firmware image, the compiler, and the C library. -The result of this is three new directories, \texttt{tool\_build}, which is a temporary -directory for building the target independent tools, \texttt{toolchain\_build\_\textit{}} +The result of this is three new directories, \texttt{build\_dir/host}, which is a temporary +directory for building the target independent tools, \texttt{build\_dir/toolchain-\textit{}*} which is used for building the toolchain for a specific architecture, and -\texttt{staging\_dir\_\textit{}} where the resulting toolchain is installed. +\texttt{staging\_dir/toolchain-\textit{}*} where the resulting toolchain is installed. You will not need to do anything with the toolchain directory unless you intend to add a new version of one of the components above. \begin{itemize} - \item \texttt{tool\_build} - \item \texttt{toolchain\_build\_\textit{}} + \item \texttt{build\_dir/host} + \item \texttt{build\_dir/toolchain-\textit{}*} \end{itemize} \texttt{package} is for exactly that -- packages. In an OpenWrt firmware, almost everything @@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ directory which is broken down by platform \textit{} and contains the patc kernel, profile config, for a particular platform. There's also the "\texttt{target/image}" directory which describes how to package a firmware for a specific platform. -Both the target and package steps will use the directory "\texttt{build\_\textit{}}" +Both the target and package steps will use the directory "\texttt{build\_dir/\textit{}}" as a temporary directory for compiling. Additionally, anything downloaded by the toolchain, target or package steps will be placed in the "\texttt{dl}" directory. \begin{itemize} - \item \texttt{build\_\textit{}} + \item \texttt{build\_dir/\textit{}} \item \texttt{dl} \end{itemize} @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ of noise caused by the compile output. To see the full output, run the command "\texttt{make V=99}". During the build process, buildroot will download all sources to the "\texttt{dl}" -directory and will start patching and compiling them in the "\texttt{build\_\textit{}}" +directory and will start patching and compiling them in the "\texttt{build\_dir/\textit{}}" directory. When finished, the resulting firmware will be in the "\texttt{bin}" directory and packages will be in the "\texttt{bin/packages}" directory. @@ -465,10 +465,10 @@ run one of the following: \item \texttt{make package/\textit{}/install V=99} \end{itemize} -Another nice trick is that if the source directory under \texttt{build\_\textit{}} +Another nice trick is that if the source directory under \texttt{build\_dir/\textit{}} is newer than the package directory, it won't clobber it by unpacking the sources again. If you were working on a patch you could simply edit the sources under the -\texttt{build\_\textit{}/\textit{}} directory and run the install command above, +\texttt{build\_dir/\textit{}/\textit{}} directory and run the install command above, when satisfied, copy the patched sources elsewhere and diff them with the unpatched sources. A warning though - if you go modify anything under \texttt{package/\textit{}} it will remove the old sources and unpack a fresh copy. -- cgit v1.1