[PATCH 0/4] V3 Add ability to link device blob(s) into vmlinux

[Dirk Brandewie]

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