X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FREADME.fdt-control;h=d8fe4a826f20d41335067b6c3a251d1a12d4dfd8;hb=5bcd19aa299bf6832e943e3531400c1499f2c04d;hp=86bae6816d8a34714da246bfcfae7561d8e25055;hpb=4eef93da262048eb1118e726b3ec5b8ebd3c6c91;p=u-boot diff --git a/doc/README.fdt-control b/doc/README.fdt-control index 86bae6816d..d8fe4a826f 100644 --- a/doc/README.fdt-control +++ b/doc/README.fdt-control @@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ Tools To use this feature you will need to get the device tree compiler here: - git://jdl.com/software/dtc.git + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git For example: - $ git clone git://jdl.com/software/dtc.git + $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git $ cd dtc $ make $ sudo make install @@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ This should include your CPU or SOC's device tree file, placed in 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 +EXT_DTB= to 'make', as in: + + make EXT_DTB=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.