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authorTim Yardley <lst@openwrt.org>2007-03-02 16:59:40 +0000
committerTim Yardley <lst@openwrt.org>2007-03-02 16:59:40 +0000
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@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ This article refers to the "Kamikaze" branch of OpenWrt, which can be downloaded
subversion using the following command:
\begin{Verbatim}
-$ svn co https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk kamikaze
+$ svn checkout https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk kamikaze
\end{Verbatim}
-Additionally, ther is a trac interface on \href{https://dev.openwrt.org/}{https://dev.openwrt.org/}
-which can be used to monitor svn commits and browse the sources.
+Additionally, there is a trac interface on \href{https://dev.openwrt.org/}{https://dev.openwrt.org/}
+which can be used to monitor svn commits and browse the source repository.
\subsubsection{The directory structure}
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ features or removed to save space. Note that packages are also maintained outsid
trunk and can be obtained from subversion at the following location:
\begin{Verbatim}
-$ svn co https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/packages ../packages
+$ svn checkout https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/packages packages
\end{Verbatim}
Those packages can be used to extend the functionality of the build system and need to be
@@ -102,11 +102,10 @@ To include all packages, issue the following command:
$ ln -s packages/*/* kamikaze/package/
\end{Verbatim}
-
\texttt{target} refers to the embedded platform, this contains items which are specific to
a specific embedded platform. Of particular interest here is the "\texttt{target/linux}"
-directory which is broken down by platform and contains the kernel config and patches
-to the kernel for a particular platform. There's also the "\texttt{target/image}" directory
+directory which is broken down by platform \textit{<arch>} and contains the patches to the
+kernel, profile config, for a particular platform. There's also the "\texttt{target/image}" directory
which describes how to package a firmware for a specific platform.
Both the target and package steps will use the directory "\texttt{build\_\textit{<arch>}}"
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ in OpenWrt you'll find two things:
\begin{itemize}
\item \texttt{package/\textit{<name>}/Makefile}
\item \texttt{package/\textit{<name>}/patches}
- \item \texttt{package/\textit{<name>}/files}
+ \item \texttt{package/\textit{<name>}/files}
\end{itemize}
The patches directory is optional and typically contains bug fixes or optimizations to