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

From: Dirk Brandewie
Date: Tue Dec 14 2010 - 12:24:27 EST


On 12/08/2010 07:01 AM, dirk.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Dirk Brandewie<dirk.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx>

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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