buildroot/linux/Config.in

1 menu "Kernel"
4 	bool "Linux Kernel"
8 	  Enable this option if you want to build a Linux kernel for
13 # Packages that need to have a kernel with support for loadable modules,
14 # but do not use the kernel-modules infrastructure, should select that
24 #  1. A single fairly recent stable kernel version
31 	prompt "Kernel version"
73 	  kernel.org, like 2.6.x, 2.6.x.y, 3.x.y, ...
76 	  kernel, because these kernels are not located at the standard
77 	  URL at kernel.org. Instead, select "Custom tarball" and
83 	  This option allows to specify a URL pointing to a kernel
94 	  This option allows to specify path of local kernel source.
102 	  This option allows Buildroot to get the Linux kernel source
108 	  This option allows Buildroot to get the Linux kernel source
114 	  This option allows Buildroot to get the Linux kernel source
120 	string "Kernel version"
124 	string "URL of custom kernel tarball"
128 	string "URL of custom local kernel"
160 	string "Custom kernel patches"
163 	  kernel. Each patch can be described as an URL, a local file
174 	prompt "Kernel configuration"
197 	  Name of the kernel defconfig file to use, without the
199 	  arch/<arch>/configs in the kernel tree.
205 	  Path to the kernel configuration file
214 	  A space-separated list of kernel configuration fragment files,
215 	  that will be merged to the main kernel configuration file.
222 	  converted to the linux kernel format (224 colors only)
230 	prompt "Kernel binary format"
315 	  description is attached in a board-specific kernel image
318 	  Select this option and specify the make target in "Kernel
324 # Kernel compression format
328 	prompt "Kernel compression format"
331 	  are built. The actual compression for the kernel should be
332 	  selected in the kernel configuration menu.
359 	string "Kernel image target name"
362 	  Specify the kernel make target to build the kernel that you
366 	string "Kernel image name"
369 	  The filename of the kernel image, if it is different from
381 	  If your ARM system's Linux kernel is configured with the new
383 	  in your kernel config), then it is necessary to specify a
384 	  kernel load address when building the uImage. This should be a
403 #      the kernel abstracts this from us and only build an image that
404 #      looks like a regular kernel image. In this case, we only need
405 #      to derive the kernel image name from the given device tree
407 #   3) We want device tree support, but the kernel requires us to
413 	bool "DTB is built by kernel itself"
416 	  explicitly to the kernel build system. For some binary
417 	  formats, however, the kernel build system links in the
418 	  device tree directly in the kernel binary. Select this option
419 	  if you have such a kernel binary format.
436 	  will be copied to the kernel sources and the .dts files will
457 	bool "Install kernel image to /boot in target"
460 	  Select this option to have the kernel image installed to
465 	  /boot if DTBs have been generated by the kernel build
471 	  Some Linux kernel configuration options (such as
475 	  built before the Linux kernel.
477 	  Enable this option if you get a Linux kernel build failure
484 	  Some Linux kernel configuration options (such as
487 	  (which provides libelf) gets built before the Linux kernel.
489 	  Enable this option if you get a Linux kernel build failure
497 	  Some Linux kernel configuration options (such as
500 	  gets built before the Linux kernel.
502 	  Enable this option if you get a Linux kernel build failure