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diff --git a/doc/develop/board_best_practices.rst b/doc/develop/board_best_practices.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f44401eab7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/develop/board_best_practices.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+: + +Best Practices for Board Ports +============================== + +In addition to the regular best practices such as using :doc:`checkpatch` and +following the :doc:`docstyle` and the :doc:`codingstyle` there are some things +which are specific to creating a new board port. + +* Implement :doc:`bootstd` to ensure that most operating systems will be + supported by the platform. + +* The platform defconfig file must be generated via `make savedefconfig`. + +* The Kconfig and Kbuild infrastructure supports using "fragments" that can be + used to apply changes on top of a defconfig file. These can be useful for + many things such as: + + * Supporting different firmware locations (e.g. eMMC, SD, QSPI). + + * Multiple board variants when runtime detection is not desired. + + * Supporting different build types such as production and development. + + Kconfig fragments should reside in the board directory itself rather than in + the top-level `configs/` directory. |