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authorSimon Glass2018-07-17 13:25:32 -0600
committerSimon Glass2018-08-01 16:30:47 -0600
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binman: Add support for passing arguments to entries
Sometimes it is useful to pass binman the value of an entry property from the command line. For example some entries need access to files and it is not always convenient to put these filenames in the image definition (device tree). Add a -a option which can be used like this: -a<prop>=<value> where <prop> is the property to set <value> is the value to set it to Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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nested inside their sections.
+Passing command-line arguments to entries
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Sometimes it is useful to pass binman the value of an entry property from the
+command line. For example some entries need access to files and it is not
+always convenient to put these filenames in the image definition (device tree).
+
+The-a option supports this:
+
+ -a<prop>=<value>
+
+where
+
+ <prop> is the property to set
+ <value> is the value to set it to
+
+Not all properties can be provided this way. Only some entries support it,
+typically for filenames.
+
+
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