[coreboot] Does the coreboot build system support external patches?

[David Hendricks]

In addition to what Martin suggested they might also consider storing their
code in a separate repository and pulling it in as a git submodule into the
coreboot/3rdparty/ directory. What's best for them depends on their use
case, like if they're mostly adding new files with an API or modifying
existing files.

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:26 PM, Martin Roth <gaumless at gmail.com> wrote:

> coreboot uses the site-local directory to allow users to extend the
> coreboot build outside of the regular coreboot coreboot files.
> Create the coreboot/site-local directory, and add Makefile.inc and Kconfig
> files.  Both of these files will get picked up by coreboot.
>
> To run steps at the start of the build, you can create a target that does
> whatever is needed, then calls the 'all:' target to do the build.
> At the end of the build, you can hook into the 'build_complete::' target
> to run whatever finalization steps are needed.
>
> Martin
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Jay Talbott <JayTalbott at sysproconsulting.
> com> wrote:
>
>> I got this question from a client yesterday that I didn’t know how to
>> answer because I focus primarily on the porting effort (getting coreboot to
>> build and boot for their hardware) and let the client figure out how they
>> want to manage the resulting code base once the porting effort is complete.
>> So I offered to inquire of the coreboot community to see if anybody can
>> provide an answer for my client.
>>
>>
>>
>> Below is the inquiry that I received:
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m looking at how best to structure our coreboot repositories.  Does the
>> coreboot build system support the concept of external patches? With
>> buildroot you can keep your changes is a directory tree separate from the
>> FOSS tree. Then during the build step your patches get applied and compiled
>> using another separate build tree.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> - Jay
>>
>>
>>
>> Jay Talbott
>> Principal Consulting Engineer
>> SysPro Consulting, LLC
>> 3057 E. Muirfield St.
>> Gilbert, AZ 85298
>> (480) 704-8045
>> (480) 445-9895 (FAX)
>> JayTalbott at sysproconsulting.com
>>
>> http://www.sysproconsulting.com
>>
>>
>>
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