buildroot: move to buildroot 2016.02

We have the following package changes:

The following packages have been upgraded:
- eudev: 3.1.2 to 3.1.5
- fakeroot: 1.18.4 to 1.20.2
- gettext: 0.19.6 to 0.19.7
- gmp: 6.0.0a to 6.1.0
- ipmitool: 1.8.14 to 1.8.15
- iprutils: 2.4.5 to 2.4.10.1
- kmod: 20 to 22
- LVM: 2.2.02.132 to 2.2.02.138
- pciutils: 3.4.0 to 3.4.1
- rsync: 3.1.1 to 3.1.2

Removed dependencies: lzo, lzop

New dependency: libxml2

Additionally, we also upgrade the following packages explicitly in our
patches on top of 2016.02:
- ipmitool to 1.8.16
- dropbear to 2016.73
- busybox to 1.24.2

Additionally, our delta from upstream buildroot decreases again.

Signed-off-by: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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  7. LICENSE
  8. NOTICE
  9. op-build-env
  10. README.md
README.md

OpenPower Firmware Build Environment

The OpenPower firmware build process uses Buildroot to create a toolchain and build the various components of the PNOR firmware, including Hostboot, Skiboot, OCC, Petitboot etc.

Development

Issues, Milestones, pull requests and code hosting is on github: https://github.com/open-power/op-build

Mailing list: openpower-firmware@lists.ozlabs.org
Info/Subscribe: https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/openpower-firmware
Archives: https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/openpower-firmware/

Building an image

git clone --recursive git@github.com:open-power/op-build.git
cd op-build
. op-build-env
op-build palmetto_defconfig && op-build

This will build an image for a Palmetto system. There exists default configurations for other platforms in openpower/configs/ such as Habanero and Firestone.

Dependancies for 64-bit Ubuntu/Debian systems

  1. Install Ubuntu (>= 14.04) or Debian (>= 7.5) 64-bit.

  2. Enable Universe:

     sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
     sudo add-apt-repository universe
    
  3. Install the packages necessary for the build:

     sudo apt-get install cscope ctags libz-dev libexpat-dev \
       python language-pack-en texinfo \
       build-essential g++ git bison flex unzip \
       libxml-simple-perl libxml-sax-perl libxml2-dev libxml2-utils xsltproc \
       wget bc
    

Dependancies for 64-bit Fedora systems

  1. Install Fedora 23 64-bit.

  2. Install the packages necessary for the build:

     sudo dnf install gcc-c++ flex bison git ctags cscope expat-devel patch \
       zlib-devel zlib-static texinfo perl-bignum "perl(XML::Simple)" \
       "perl(YAML)" "perl(XML::SAX)" "perl(Fatal)" "perl(Thread::Queue)" \
       "perl(Env)" "perl(XML::LibXML)" "perl(Digest::SHA1)" libxml2-devel \
       which wget unzip tar cpio python bzip2 bc findutils ncurses-devel