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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/target-metadata.pl17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/target-metadata.pl b/scripts/target-metadata.pl
index 07160dc4ea..3422572d16 100755
--- a/scripts/target-metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/target-metadata.pl
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ EOF
config TARGET_MULTI_PROFILE
bool "Multiple devices"
depends on HAS_DEVICES
+ help
+ Instead of only building a single image, or all images, this allows you
+ to select images to be built for multiple devices in one build.
EOF
@@ -256,6 +259,20 @@ menu "Target Devices"
config TARGET_PER_DEVICE_ROOTFS
bool "Use a per-device root filesystem that adds profile packages"
+ help
+ When disabled, all device packages from all selected devices
+ will be included in all images by default. (Marked as <*>) You will
+ still be able to manually deselect any/all packages.
+ When enabled, each device builds it's own image, including only the
+ profile packages for that device. (Marked as {M}) You will be able
+ to change a package to included in all images by marking as {*}, but
+ will not be able to disable a profile package completely.
+
+ To get the most use of this setting, you must set in a .config stub
+ before calling "make defconfig". Selecting TARGET_MULTI_PROFILE and
+ then manually selecting (via menuconfig for instance) this option
+ will have pre-defaulted all profile packages to included, making this
+ option appear to have had no effect.
EOF
foreach my $target (@target) {