[PATCH V5] kbuild: dtbs_install: new make target
Stephen Warren
swarren at wwwdotorg.org
Thu Nov 21 14:55:19 EST 2013
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 at nvidia.com>
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