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// -*- mode:doc; -*-
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// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
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-[[customize-store-board-support]]
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-== Creating your own board support
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+[[adding-board-support]]
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+== Adding support for a particular board
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-Creating your own board support in Buildroot allows users of a
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-particular hardware platform to easily build a system that is known to
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-work.
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+Buildroot contains basic configurations for several publicly available
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+hardware boards, so that users of such a board can easily build a system
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+that is known to work. You are welcome to add support for other boards
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+to Buildroot too.
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To do so, you need to create a normal Buildroot configuration that
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builds a basic system for the hardware: toolchain, kernel, bootloader,
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@@ -34,4 +35,4 @@ configuration or patches specific to your target platform. To do so,
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create a directory +board/<manufacturer>+ and a subdirectory
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+board/<manufacturer>/<boardname>+. You can then store your patches
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and configurations in these directories, and reference them from the main
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-Buildroot configuration.
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+Buildroot configuration. Refer to xref:customize[] for more details.
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