On 2020-09-03, Andre Heider wrote: > On 03/09/2020 18:40, Dennis Gilmore wrote: >> When testing builds provided in https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/3360 >> I discovered that fdtfile was not set and as a result the firmware was not >> functional. So I am documenting what is needed. >> >> Signed-off-by: Dennis Gilmore <den...@ausil.us> >> >> Cc: Atish Patra <atish.pa...@wdc.com> >> Cc: Lukas Auer <lukas.a...@aisec.fraunhofer.de> >> Cc: Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> >> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masah...@socionext.com> >> Cc: Vagrant Cascadian <vagr...@debian.org> >> Cc: Stephen Warren <swar...@nvidia.com> >> Cc: Karsten Merker <mer...@debian.org> >> --- >> doc/README.distro | 8 ++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/doc/README.distro b/doc/README.distro >> index 5076bebd18..3eb70aeb14 100644 >> --- a/doc/README.distro >> +++ b/doc/README.distro >> @@ -224,6 +224,14 @@ fdt_addr_r: >> >> A size of 1MB for the FDT/DTB seems reasonable. >> >> +fdtfile: >> + >> + Mandatory. the name of the DTB file for the specific board for instance >> + the espressobin v5 board the value is >> "marvell/armada-3720-espressobin.dtb" >> + while on a clearfog pro it is "armada-388-clearfog-pro.dtb" in the case of >> + a board providing its firmware based DTB this value can be used to >> override >> + the DTB with a different DTB.
Thanks for documenting this! With my Debian hat on... Reviewed-by: Vagrant Cascadian <vagr...@debian.org> > is that really supposed to include the vendor subdir on arm64? Yes. > If so, adding fdtfile like that would break booting debian using its > flash-image. It installs dtbs without that subdir into /boot: > /boot/dtbs/4.19.0-9-arm64/armada-3720-espressobin.dtb > > But it already supports $fdtfile: > https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/flash-kernel/-/blob/master/bootscript/arm64/bootscr.uboot-generic#L32 > > If I read that script correctly, it would fail to boot with > fdtfile=marvell/armada-3720-espressobin.dtb... Support for installing in vendor subdirs was added to flash-kernel 3.91 from 2018, and I believe the vendor subdirs are included in the debian-installer boot media as well. live well, vagrant
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