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| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.fdt-control | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | dts/Makefile | 4 |
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ MKIMAGEFLAGS_u-boot.kwb = -n $(srctree)/$(CONFIG_SYS_KWD_CONFIG:"%"=%) \ MKIMAGEFLAGS_u-boot.pbl = -n $(srctree)/$(CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_RCW:"%"=%) \ -R $(srctree)/$(CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_PBI:"%"=%) -T pblimage -u-boot.img u-boot.kwb u-boot.pbl: u-boot.bin FORCE +u-boot.img u-boot.kwb u-boot.pbl: u-boot$(if $(CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE),-dtb,).bin FORCE $(call if_changed,mkimage) MKIMAGEFLAGS_u-boot-dtb.img = $(MKIMAGEFLAGS_u-boot.img) diff --git a/doc/README.fdt-control b/doc/README.fdt-control index 0ceebe7aa6..be92d7ae88 100644 --- a/doc/README.fdt-control +++ b/doc/README.fdt-control @@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ This should include your CPU or SOC's device tree file, placed in arch/<arch>/dts, and then make any adjustments required. If CONFIG_OF_EMBED is defined, then it will be picked up and built into -the U-Boot image (including u-boot.bin). +the U-Boot image (including u-boot.bin). This is suitable for debugging +and development only and is not recommended for production devices. If CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE is defined, then it will be built and placed in a u-boot.dtb file alongside u-boot.bin. A common approach is then to @@ -130,7 +131,10 @@ join the two: cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin -and then flash image.bin onto your board. +and then flash image.bin onto your board. Note that U-Boot creates +u-boot-dtb.bin which does the above step for you also. If you are using +CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK, then u-boot.img will be built to include the device +tree binary. If CONFIG_OF_HOSTFILE is defined, then it will be read from a file on startup. This is only useful for sandbox. Use the -d flag to U-Boot to @@ -138,6 +142,14 @@ specify the file to read. You cannot use more than one of these options at the same time. +To use a device tree file that you have compiled yourself, pass +DEV_TREE_BIN=<filename> to 'make', as in: + + make DEV_TREE_BIN=boot/am335x-boneblack-pubkey.dtb + +Then U-Boot will copy that file to u-boot.dtb, put it in the .img file +if used, and u-boot-dtb.bin. + If you wish to put the fdt at a different address in memory, you can define the "fdtcontroladdr" environment variable. This is the hex address of the fdt binary blob, and will override either of the options. diff --git a/dts/Makefile b/dts/Makefile index 3fca5f5c2f..f344efe64b 100644 --- a/dts/Makefile +++ b/dts/Makefile @@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ ifeq ($(DEVICE_TREE),) DEVICE_TREE := unset endif +ifneq ($(DEV_TREE_BIN),) +DTB := $(DEV_TREE_BIN) +else DTB := arch/$(ARCH)/dts/$(DEVICE_TREE).dtb +endif $(obj)/dt.dtb: $(DTB) FORCE $(call if_changed,shipped) |