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@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ a few commits or boards, it will be pretty slow. As a tip, if you don't | |||
114 | plan to use your machine for anything else, you can use -T to increase the | 114 | plan to use your machine for anything else, you can use -T to increase the |
115 | number of threads beyond the default. | 115 | number of threads beyond the default. |
116 | 116 | ||
117 | |||
118 | Selecting which boards to build | ||
119 | =============================== | ||
120 | |||
117 | Buildman lets you build all boards, or a subset. Specify the subset by passing | 121 | Buildman lets you build all boards, or a subset. Specify the subset by passing |
118 | command-line arguments that list the desired board name, architecture name, | 122 | command-line arguments that list the desired board name, architecture name, |
119 | SOC name, or anything else in the boards.cfg file. Multiple arguments are | 123 | SOC name, or anything else in the boards.cfg file. Multiple arguments are |
@@ -138,11 +142,17 @@ You can also use -x to specifically exclude some boards. For example: | |||
138 | means to build all arm boards except nvidia, freescale and anything ending | 142 | means to build all arm boards except nvidia, freescale and anything ending |
139 | with 'ball'. | 143 | with 'ball'. |
140 | 144 | ||
145 | For building specific boards you can use the --boards option, which takes a | ||
146 | comma-separated list of board target names and be used multiple times on | ||
147 | the command line: | ||
148 | |||
149 | buidman --boards sandbox,snow --boards | ||
150 | |||
141 | It is convenient to use the -n option to see what will be built based on | 151 | It is convenient to use the -n option to see what will be built based on |
142 | the subset given. Use -v as well to get an actual list of boards. | 152 | the subset given. Use -v as well to get an actual list of boards. |
143 | 153 | ||
144 | Buildman does not store intermediate object files. It optionally copies | 154 | Buildman does not store intermediate object files. It optionally copies |
145 | the binary output into a directory when a build is successful. Size | 155 | the binary output into a directory when a build is successful (-k). Size |
146 | information is always recorded. It needs a fair bit of disk space to work, | 156 | information is always recorded. It needs a fair bit of disk space to work, |
147 | typically 250MB per thread. | 157 | typically 250MB per thread. |
148 | 158 | ||