[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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