From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 21:45:49 +0000 (+0200) Subject: linux: adjust BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME help text X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ea044ee20c8b1a53cd75bc85e257674b8c106ee7;p=buildroot.git linux: adjust BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME help text The help text of BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME is somewhat incomplete, in the sense that it assumes just a filename can be passed, while it can be a relative path, such as 'compressed/vmlinux.bin.z'. So make it clear that such paths are relative to arch/ARCH/boot/. Also, drop the part about this being only useful for Xtensa as this is not true: on MIPS it might be needed as well for some specific image types. Reported-by: Paul Cercueil Cc: Paul Cercueil Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in index 1adbd86b1f..9af7beefa6 100644 --- a/linux/Config.in +++ b/linux/Config.in @@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME string "Kernel image name" depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM help - The filename of the kernel image, if it is different from the - make target (above). Only Xtensa uses a filename different - from the make target. Defaults to - BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME. + The filename of the kernel image, if it is different from + the make target (above). Defaults to + BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME. If specified, the + filename is relative to arch/ARCH/boot/. If unsure, leave it empty.