On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 7:56 PM Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The documentation for kbuild and makefiles is missing an explanation of > a variable important for some architectures. > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks. > Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst | 6 ++++++ > Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst | 7 +++++++ > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > index bd906407e307..9c8d1d046ea5 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst > @@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ The output directory is often set using "O=..." on the commandline. > > The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored. > > +INSTALL_DTBS_PATH > +----------------- > +INSTALL_DTBS_PATH specifies where to install device tree blobs for > +relocations required by build roots. This is not defined in the > +makefile but the argument can be passed to make if needed. > + > KBUILD_ABS_SRCTREE > -------------------------------------------------- > Kbuild uses a relative path to point to the tree when possible. For instance, > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst > index e67eb261c9b0..d88d4f0f4f89 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst > @@ -1623,6 +1623,13 @@ INSTALL_MOD_STRIP > INSTALL_MOD_STRIP value will be used as the option(s) to the strip > command. > > +INSTALL_DTBS_PATH > + This variable specifies a prefix for relocations required by build > + roots. It defines a place for installing the device tree blobs. Like > + INSTALL_MOD_PATH, it isn't defined in the Makefile, but can be passed > + by the user if desired. Otherwise it defaults to the kernel install > + path. > + > Makefile language > ================= > > -- > 2.42.0 > -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
