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authorJean-Jacques Hiblot2017-09-15 12:57:24 +0200
committerTom Rini2017-10-05 21:31:04 -0400
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dts: renamed FIT_EMBED to MULTI_DTB_FIT and moved it to the dts Kconfig
CONFIG_FIT_EMBED might be confused with CONFIG_OF_EMBED, rename it MULTI_DTB_FIT as it is able to get a DTB from a FIT image containing multiple DTBs. Also move the option to the Kconfig dedicated to the DTS options and create a README for this feature. Signed-off-by: Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@ti.com> Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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+MULTI DTB FIT
+
+The purpose of this feature is to enable u-boot to select its DTB from a FIT
+appended at the end of the binary.
+
+Usually the DTB is selected by the SPL and passed down to U-Boot. But some
+platforms don't use the SPL. In this case MULTI_DTB_FIT can used to provide
+U-Boot with a choice of DTBs.
+The relevant DTBs are packed into a FIT (list provided by CONFIG__OF_LIST). The
+FIT is automatically generated at the end of the compilation and appended to
+u-boot.bin so that U-Boot can locate it and select the correct DTB from inside
+the FIT.
+The selection is done using board_fit_config_name_match() (same as what the SPL
+uses to select the DTB for U-Boot). The selection happens during fdtdec_setup()
+which is called during before relocation by board_init_f().