On 02/15/2016 08:40 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 08:21:33PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: >> flash-kernel has a database /usr/share/flash-kernel/db/all.db with >> entries like: >> >> Machine: LeMaker Banana Pi >> Kernel-Flavors: armmp armmp-lpae >> Boot-Script-Path: /boot/boot.scr >> DTB-Id: sun7i-a20-bananapi.dtb >> U-Boot-Script-Name: bootscr.sunxi >> Required-Packages: u-boot-tools >> >> Machine refers to the value of /proc/device-tree/model. >> DTB-Id is the dtb to be installed. >> >> So what flash-kernel does is: >> - look up value of /proc/device-tree/model >> - retrieve correlated dtb file name from database >> - install dtb with this name >> - create symbolic links for the dtb >> >> If multiple boards use the the same dtb that is fine with flash-kernel >> as long as the value of model is unique per dtb. > > OCTEON does not work like this. The file you are modifying > (octeon_3xxx.dts) is compiled into the kernel, and there is no external > DTB file. So the model string will be always the same regardless on > which board you have booted the kernel. > > A. > Hello Aaro, you are right DTBs are built in for MIPS systems. Still it would be useful to be able to use the same property 'model' to determine which u-boot script (boot.scr) to install. Best regards Heinrich Schuchardt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
