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manual/user guide/customization: add section with recommended dir structure

Although the user is free to choose where to put project-specific files, the
presentation 'Using Buildroot for real projects' [1] first described a
certain recommendation.
This patch briefly describes this recommendation in the form of a directory
structure overview, the details will be added in subsequent patches.

Since the section on BR2_EXTERNAL is logically connected to the directory
structure, this section is moved right after it.

[1] http://elinux.org/images/2/2a/Using-buildroot-real-project.pdf

Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
Thomas De Schampheleire 11 years ago
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+// -*- mode:doc; -*-
+// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
+
+=== Recommended directory structure
+
+When customizing Buildroot for your project, you will be creating one or
+more project-specific files that need to be stored somewhere. While most
+of these files could be placed in _any_ location as their path is to be
+specified in the Buildroot configuration, the Buildroot developers
+recommend a specific directory structure which is described in this
+section.
+
+Orthogonal to this directory structure, you can choose _where_ you place
+this structure itself: either inside the Buildroot tree, or outside of
+it using +BR2_EXTERNAL+. Both options are valid, the choice is up to you.
+
+-----
++-- board/
+|   +-- <company>/
+|       +-- <boardname>/
+|           +-- linux.config
+|           +-- busybox.config
+|           +-- <other configuration files>
+|           +-- post_build.sh
+|           +-- post_image.sh
+|           +-- rootfs_overlay/
+|           |   +-- etc/
+|           |   +-- <some file>
+|           +-- patches/
+|               +-- foo/
+|               |   +-- <some patch>
+|               +-- libbar/
+|                   +-- <some other patches>
+|
++-- configs/
+|   +-- <boardname>_defconfig
+|
++-- package/
+|   +-- <company>/
+|       +-- Config.in (if not using BR2_EXTERNAL)
+|       +-- <company>.mk (if not using BR2_EXTERNAL)
+|       +-- <boardname>/
+|           +-- package1/
+|           |    +-- Config.in
+|           |    +-- package1.mk
+|           +-- package2/
+|               +-- Config.in
+|               +-- package2.mk
+|
++-- Config.in (if using BR2_EXTERNAL)
++-- external.mk (if using BR2_EXTERNAL)
+------
+
+Details on the files shown above are given further in this chapter.
+
+Note: if you choose to place this structure outside of the Buildroot
+tree using +BR2_EXTERNAL+, the <company> and possibly <boardname>
+components may be superfluous and can be left out.

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docs/manual/customize.txt

@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ image in a reproducible way, even after running 'make clean'. By
 following the recommended strategy, you can even use the same Buildroot
 following the recommended strategy, you can even use the same Buildroot
 tree to build multiple distinct projects!
 tree to build multiple distinct projects!
 
 
+include::customize-directory-structure.txt[]
+
+include::customize-outside-br.txt[]
+
 include::customize-rootfs.txt[]
 include::customize-rootfs.txt[]
 
 
 include::customize-store.txt[]
 include::customize-store.txt[]
 
 
 include::customize-packages.txt[]
 include::customize-packages.txt[]
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-include::customize-outside-br.txt[]