Re: [PATCH V5] kbuild: dtbs_install: new make target

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 




On 11/21/2013 12:35 PM, Jason Cooper wrote:
> Unlike other build products in the Linux kernel, there is no 'make
> *install' mechanism to put devicetree blobs in a standard place.
> 
> This patch is an attempt to fix this problem.  Akin to 'make install',
> this creates a new make target, dtbs_install.  The script that gets
> called defers to a distribution or user supplied installdtbs binary,
> if found in the system.  Otherwise, the default action is to install a
> given dtb into
> 
>   /boot/devicetrees/${kernel_version}/${dts_filename}.dtb
> 
> This is done to keep dtbs from different kernel versions separate until
> things have settled down.  Once the dtbs are stable, and not so strongly
> linked to the kernel version, the devicetree files will most likely move
> to their own repo.  Users will need to upgrade install scripts at that
> time.

Acked-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx>
--
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




[Index of Archives]     [Device Tree Compilter]     [Device Tree Spec]     [Linux Driver Backports]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux PCI Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [XFree86]     [Yosemite Backpacking]
  Powered by Linux