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| -rw-r--r-- | linux/Config.in | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in index a6708028d8..1df0a49c10 100644 --- a/linux/Config.in +++ b/linux/Config.in @@ -48,8 +48,13 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL bool "Custom tarball" help - This option allows to specify the http or ftp location of a - specific kernel source tarball + This option allows to specify a URL pointing to a kernel source + tarball. This URL can use any protocol recognized by Buildroot, + like http://, ftp://, file:// or scp://. + + When pointing to a local tarball using file://, you may want to + use a make variable like $(TOPDIR) to reference the root of the + Buildroot tree. config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT bool "Custom Git repository" |
