[PATCH] docs: kbuild: add INSTALL_DTBS_PATH
From: Ricardo B. Marliere <hidden>
Date: 2023-10-12 10:56:24
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linux-doc, linux-kbuild, lkml
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documentation, kernel build + files below scripts/ (unless maintained elsewhere), the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Nathan Chancellor, Nicolas Schier, Linus Torvalds
The documentation for kbuild and makefiles is missing an explanation of a variable important for some architectures. Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <redacted> --- 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 =================
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