It is very inconvenient to maintain an application that both runs on a
Zephyr board and an out-of-tree board.
It forces one to write build scripts like this in the app:
if(BOARD STREQUAL my_out_of_tree_board)
set(BOARD_ROOT some/out/of/tree/board/path)
endif()
To avoid this we change the semantics of BOARD_ROOT. Instead of it
being a path to the board root it is now a prioritized list of board
root directories. Zephyr will append ZEPHYR_BASE to BOARD_ROOT.
This ensures that Zephyr boards can be used when the out-of-tree board
directory can not supply the requested board.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Bøe <sebastian.boe@nordicsemi.no>
Add a sample that demonstrates a custom board definition. This proves
that BOARD_ROOT works and can be a useful reference when creating a
custom board definition.
Instead of spending time making up a board, the nrf52840_pca10056
board has been copied as-is. And the hello world sample has been used
as the basis for the application.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Bøe <sebastian.boe@nordicsemi.no>
Anas Nashif