[GitHub] [incubator-nuttx] w8jcik commented on issue #2206: Out-of-tree custom board example missing from documentation

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w8jcik commented on issue #2206:
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/issues/2206#issuecomment-721264846


   @Ouss4 regarding the issue of mine:
   
   > Please, make sure you are setting the paths correctly: "No directory at /home/user/dev/project/base/nuttx//src"
   
   I didn't put quotes over path in `defconfig`, apparently they are required by Kconfig.
   But then it was doing this:
   
   ```
   make[1]: Entering directory '/home/user/dev/project/base/nuttx/arch/arm/src'
   make[2]: Entering directory '/home/user/dev/project/board/src'
   make[2]: *** No rule to make target 'libboard.a'. Stop.
   make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/user/dev/project/board/src'
   make[1]: *** [Makefile:168: board/libboard.a] Error 2
   make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/dev/project/base/nuttx/arch/arm/src'
   make: *** [tools/Makefile.unix:425: nuttx] Error 2
   ```
   
   > I also notice that you copied a board that uses the `custom` and `drivers` directories. You need those too.
   
   You mean `common` right? Yes this was missing, thank you a lot for help :D
   
   `common` is not optional, `Makefile` needs to be there for build system to work.
   
   @v01d Regarding documentation and improvement.
   
   I think describing how to do it by copying an existing board is already great. Example don't need to be generic. Also I think this is typical workflow, you start with some similar development kit and change it in few places. I can describe what I did to make a custom copy, based on this particular board and you might review it. 
   
   > we could make a "make-custom.sh"
   
   This is what web frameworks do, they have scripts to generate code based on templates. I think it would be perfectly fine to have such script which takes any board code, performs simple refactoring to avoid name collisions and gives you something which already runs. I will prepare it.
   


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