Re: [PATCH 0/4] Support for device-tree appended to zImage
From: Shawn Guo <hidden>
Date: 2011-03-01 02:58:37
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Hi John, On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 03:33:18PM -0800, John Bonesio wrote:
The following series support for device tree binary blobs (dtb) that are
appended to the compressed kernel image (zImage).
Having appended dtb data is not required to boot with a device tree. If no dtb
data is appended to zImage, the kernel will boot using prior methods.
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John Bonesio (4):
ARM:boot:device tree: Allow the device tree binary to be appended to zImage
ARM:boot:device tree: Merge specific atags into the device tree
ARM:boot:device tree: Add puthex routine for use in the boot wrapper
ARM:boot:device tree: Allow multiple device trees to be appended to zImage
arch/arm/Kconfig | 7 ++
arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile | 31 +++++++-
arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++++
arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S | 136 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 365 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags.cI'm trying to test and use it. But it does not apply against any tree that I can find, neither mainline nor Grant's tree. Need rebasing? -- Regards, Shawn