<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Mandeep Sandhu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mandeepsandhu.chd@gmail.com" target="_blank">mandeepsandhu.chd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>BSP stands for board support package....so it'll contain stuff to make the kernel run on that specific h/w (eg: header files detailing the memory map of the attached devices etc.).<br>
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</div>If you have a builtin driver for the attached h/w, then yes, that code will be compiled into your vmlinux image. If its a module then it might be outside, depending on whether you've put in some sort of rootfs or not.<br>
<br></div>HTH,<br></div>-mandeep<br><div><div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 6:10 PM, arun kumar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arunkr.linux@gmail.com" target="_blank">arunkr.linux@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><div dir="ltr"><div>Does the BSP has any role to play in the kernel build process.<br></div>is the Image "Vmlinux" dependent on BSP in any way?<br>
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<br></div><br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>BSP and kernel ( Vmlinux, as you mention) will go hand in hand. BSP <br></div><div>will be responsible for booting your new hardware ( as bootloader is <br>
normally part of it) and handing over to the kernel.<br><br></div><div>Thanks. <br></div></div><br></div></div>