Provides the document explaining the internal mechanics of
plugins and options.
Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou
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Documentation/dt-object-internal.txt | 301 +++
1 file changed, 301 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/dt-object-internal.txt
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Enables the generation of a __fixups__ node for trees compiled
using the -@ option that are using the /plugin/ tag.
The __fixups__ node make possible the dynamic resolution of phandle
references which are present in the plugin tree but lie in the
tree that are applying the overlay against.
Signed
Enable the generation of symbols & local fixup information
for trees compiled with the -@ (--symbols) option.
Using this patch labels in the tree and their users emit information
in __symbols__ and __local_fixups__ nodes. Using this information
it is possible to implement run time dynamic tree loa
Enable the generation of symbol & fixup information for
use with dynamic DT loading.
Changes since v3:
* Rebase to latest dtc version.
Changes since v2:
* Split single patch to a patchset.
* Updated to dtc mainline.
* Changed __local_fixups__ format
* Clean up for better legibility.
Pantelis Ant
