On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 02:59:23PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> 
> On Mon,  2 Jun 2014 22:04:50 -0600
> Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> wrote:
> 
> > In some cases, an externally-built device tree binary is required to be
> > attached to U-Boot. An example is when using image signing, since in that
> > case the .dtb file must include the public keys.
> 
> I do not want to expand this argument, but
> I am not sure if DTB stands for "device tree binary".
> 
> linux/Documentation often refer it as "device tree blob",
> while   linux/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt
> says  "device tree block".
> 
> 
> > Add a DEV_TREE_BIN option to the Makefile, and update the documentation.
> 
> Is it possible to rename it without mentioning  _BIN or _BLOB ?
> 
> For example,  DTB_PATH=...   or  EXT_DTB=...
> or some other variable name you like.

Yes.

> > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > index ece622f..92819bf 100644
> > --- a/Makefile
> > +++ b/Makefile
> > @@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ MKIMAGEFLAGS_u-boot.kwb = -n 
> > $(srctree)/$(CONFIG_SYS_KWD_CONFIG:"%"=%) \
> >  MKIMAGEFLAGS_u-boot.pbl = -n $(srctree)/$(CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_RCW:"%"=%) \
> >             -R $(srctree)/$(CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_PBI:"%"=%) -T pblimage
> >  
> > -u-boot.img u-boot.kwb u-boot.pbl: u-boot.bin FORCE
> > +u-boot.img u-boot.kwb u-boot.pbl: u-boot$(if 
> > $(CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE),-dtb,).bin FORCE
> >     $(call if_changed,mkimage)
> 
> The second comma  in   '(if $(CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE),-dtb,)'  is redundant.
> 
> 
> This is duplicating the same image as  u-boot-dtb.img
> 
> Your way is that "u-boot.img" includes DTB in some time and doesn't in the 
> other.
> I am not sure which way is better.
> But we don't need two rules to generate the equivalent image.
> 
> If you go along with this change, I think it's OK with me.
> Please consider removing below in that case:
> 
> 
> ifeq ($(CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK),y)
> ALL-$(CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE) += u-boot-dtb.img
> endif
> 
>   and
> 
> u-boot-dtb.img: u-boot-dtb.bin FORCE
>         $(call if_changed,mkimage)

... as a follow up (I want to get this in already).  Thanks!

-- 
Tom

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