Hi, Device Tree is great as it decouples the hardware layout from the kernel build. What are peoples thoughts on supporting custom DTS building in ImageBuilder? There are a few advantages: Uses the official kernel, makes it easier to support out-of-tree unofficial firmwares etc. [1] says DTS files were rebuilt in Chaos Calmer Image Builder?
As an example: https://github.com/jwmullally/openwrt_wpa8630p_v2_fullmem As you can see from the Makefile, most of the tools are already included in ImageBuilder except for cpp and some DTS headers from the kernel (ignore the tplink-firmware.c patching as its unavoidable). There are some clunky parts there, like needing to manually assemble the "-kernel.bin" instead of using the OpenWRT Makefile definitions. Does anyone know how to do that? I got close using "make -C target/linux/ath79/image install" with "IB" undefined, but I wasn't able to narrow it down enough to build just one DTB + image for a single profile. That would probably solve most of the issue and make these out-of-tree builds much simpler. Other examples from the forums: [1] https://forum.openwrt.org/t/dts-support-in-imagebuilder/12320 [2] https://forum.openwrt.org/t/ath79-dtb-update-mechanism/52630 [3] https://forum.openwrt.org/t/using-release-ath79-19-07-0-kernel-and-packages-on-hardware-modded-tp-link-wr703n-16mb-64mb-without-snapshot-compilation/54310 Thanks - Joe _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
