[PATCH 0/4] V3 Add ability to link device blob(s) into vmlinux
Dirk Brandewie
dirk.brandewie at gmail.com
Wed Dec 15 04:24:12 EST 2010
On 12/08/2010 07:01 AM, dirk.brandewie at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Dirk Brandewie<dirk.brandewie at gmail.com>
>
> This patch set adds the ability to link device tree blobs into
> vmlinux.
>
> Patch 1 implements the changes to include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h and
> adds a generic rule for generating DTB objects to be linked vmlinux.
>
> Patch 2 implements linking a DTB into an x86 image.
>
> Patch 3-4 move {powerpc,microblaze}/boot/Makefile to use the dtc rule
> in patch 1.
>
> This patch set has been tested on x86.
>
> Powerpc and Microblaze have been compile tested with and without patch
> 3 and 4 applied.
>
> Changes from V1:
>
> Documentation added for dtc command in Makefile.lib to
> Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
> Separate DTB_ALIGNMENT define removed.
> FORCE removed from dtc rule.
> Removed hardcoded path to dts files from dtc command.
> Moved %.dtb: %.dts rule to arch specific makefiles.
>
> Patch for adding kernel command line option to pass in dtb_compat
> string dropped from this set will be submitted seperately.
>
> Changes from V2:
>
> Rule to create assembly wrapper for blob changed to use Sam Ravnborgs
> suggested implementation.
>
> Rules in architecture specific Makefiles changed to use the cmd
> function instead of the if_changed function.
>
> Dirk Brandewie (4):
> of: Add support for linking device tree blobs into vmlinux
> x86/of: Add building device tree blob(s) into image.
> of/powerpc: Use generic rule to build dtb's
> microblaze/of: Use generic rule to build dtb's
>
> Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++
> arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile | 12 +++---------
> arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile | 8 +++-----
> arch/x86/platform/ce4100/Makefile | 10 ++++++++++
> include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 13 +++++++++++--
> scripts/Makefile.lib | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 6 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
Any Comments on this patch set?
--Dirk
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