Intention:
Make it as easy as possible for users to add patches (new features, hotfixes, etc.) to an exisiting (old ) BSP.

Approach:
Use self-installing archive with bash script to add patches to a BSP.

Packaging:
ZIP file with same name (including revision) of target BSP plus extension describing the contents/purpose of the patches, which contains

• README (= instructions on how to run installer)
• INSTALLER (= *.run; self-extracting archive running a custom bahs script after extraction)

E.g.

cat <<EOF > README
Target BSP: TQMa335x-BSP-REV0102
Purpose:    Upgrade BSP to accept eMMC 5.0 devices

IMPORTANT:
This patch does not add any features introduced with eMMC 5.0.
It just makes sure eMMC 5.0 devices are detected correctly and can be used properly.

Instructions
============
1. copy/move installer "TQMa335x-BSP-REV0102_add_eMMC5.0_detection.run" to BSP root folder
2. change to BSP root folder
3. execute installer: "./TQMa335x-BSP-REV0102_add_eMMC5.0_detection.run"
EOF

unzip -p ~/workspace/TQMa335x/ARCHIVE/TQMa335x-BSP-REV0102.zip TQMa335x-BSP-REV.0102.tar.gz | tar xvzf -

tar xvf ~/workspace/TQ-ARM-BSP/ARCHIVE/TQ-ARM-BSP-REV.0109.tar.gz 

cat <<EOF > README.TQMa335x_eMMC5.0
Proper detection of eMMC version 5.0 devices added
--> patches/u-boot-2013.07/tqma335x/mmc-add-mmc_version_5_0.patch
EOF

cat <<EOF > TQ_add_eMMC5.0_detection.sh 
#!/bin/bash

TQ_UBOOT_PATCH_PATH="patches/u-boot-2013.07/"
TQ_UBOOT_PATCH_LAST="tqma335x/0032-tqma335x-trigger-cold-reset-to-fix-samsung-ddr3-free.patch"
TQ_UBOOT_PATCH_EMMC="tqma335x/mmc-add-mmc_version_5_0.patch"


apply_patch()
{
	# Setup parameters
	SERIES="${1}series.tqma335x"
	PATCH="$2"
	CONTEXT="$3"
	
	echo -en "Trying to insert \"$PATCH\" into \"$SERIES\" after \"$CONTEXT\" ..."
	
	# Verify prerequisites
	if [ -e "$SERIES" ]
	then
		if grep --quiet $CONTEXT $SERIES
		then
			if grep --quiet $PATCH $SERIES
			then
				echo -e "\nerror: Patch \"$PATCH\" already listed in \"$SERIES\" - aborting!"
				return 3
			fi
		else
			echo -e "\nerror: Cannot find patch \"$CONTEXT\" in \"$SERIES\" - aborting!"
			return 2
		fi
	else
		echo -e "\nerror: \"$SERIES\" does not exist - aborting!"
		return 1
	fi
	
	# Modify series file
	sed -i.bak -e "s|${CONTEXT}|${CONTEXT}\n${PATCH}|" ${SERIES}
	
	if [ -e "${SERIES}.bak" ]
	then
		echo "done!"
	else
		echo "failed"
	fi
}

apply_patch $TQ_UBOOT_PATCH_PATH $TQ_UBOOT_PATCH_EMMC $TQ_UBOOT_PATCH_LAST
let "RETVAL=10*$?"

exit $RETVAL
EOF

e.g.

cp ../SOME_PATH/mmc-add-mmc_version_5_0.patch patches/u-boot-2013.07/tqma335x/

Keep

• newly created files (i.e. README, script)
• copied files (i.e. patches) and the folders containing them

Remove

• anything else

cd TQMa335x-BSP-REV.0102

makeself --current --nocomp . ../TQMa335x-BSP-REV0102_add_eMMC5.0_detection.run "TQMa335x-BSP-REV0102_add_eMMC5.0_detection" ./TQ_add_eMMC5.0_detection.sh

zip -o -0 TQMa335x-BSP-REV0102_add_eMMC5.0_detection.zip TQMa335x-BSP-REV0102_add_eMMC5.0_detection.run README