From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.90_1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1fSTeT-0000Bg-Ld for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2018 20:43:00 +0000 From: Sascha Hauer Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 22:42:45 +0200 Message-Id: <20180611204245.8351-4-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> In-Reply-To: <20180611204245.8351-1-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> References: <20180611204245.8351-1-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: explain new way to boot using ATAGs To: Barebox List oftree -f is gone and now global.bootm.boot_atag must be set to true if boot using ATAGs is desired. Update the documentation accordingly. Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer --- Documentation/user/booting-linux.rst | 4 ++-- Documentation/user/devicetree.rst | 16 ++++------------ .../defaultenv-kindle-mx50/boot/mmc_kernel | 4 ++-- arch/arm/boards/radxa-rock/env/boot/mshc1 | 2 +- arch/arm/boards/radxa-rock/env/boot/mshc1-old | 2 +- 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user/booting-linux.rst b/Documentation/user/booting-linux.rst index 408f87d8e8..437f4e80ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/booting-linux.rst +++ b/Documentation/user/booting-linux.rst @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ variable: bootm **NOTE:** it may happen that barebox is probed from the devicetree, but you have -want to start a Kernel without passing a devicetree. In this case call ``oftree -f`` -to free the internal devicetree before calling ``bootm`` +want to start a Kernel without passing a devicetree. In this case set the +``global.bootm.boot_atag`` variable to ``true``. Passing Kernel Arguments ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ diff --git a/Documentation/user/devicetree.rst b/Documentation/user/devicetree.rst index 17934d86e3..679cae7f00 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/devicetree.rst +++ b/Documentation/user/devicetree.rst @@ -71,15 +71,7 @@ work on the internal devicetree. It is possible to add/remove nodes using the # add a property to it of_property -s /chosen/mynode/ myproperty myvalue -It is important to know that these commands always work on the internal -devicetree. If you modify the internal devicetree to influence the behaviour of -a kernel booted later, make sure that you start the kernel with the internal -devicetree (i.e. don't pass a devicetree to the :ref:`command_bootm` command). If you -wish to use another devicetree than the internal devicetree for starting the kernel, -you can exchange the internal devicetree during runtime using the -:ref:`command_oftree` command: - -.. code-block:: sh - - oftree -f - oftree -l /new/dtb +It is important to know that these commands normally work on the internal +devicetree. If you want to modify the devicetree the kernel is started with +see the -f options to of_property and of_node. This option will register the +operation for later execution on the Kernel devicetree. diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/kindle-mx50/defaultenv-kindle-mx50/boot/mmc_kernel b/arch/arm/boards/kindle-mx50/defaultenv-kindle-mx50/boot/mmc_kernel index a43ee0cc92..4f2cabd54e 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boards/kindle-mx50/defaultenv-kindle-mx50/boot/mmc_kernel +++ b/arch/arm/boards/kindle-mx50/defaultenv-kindle-mx50/boot/mmc_kernel @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ # Boot the Amazon factory-shipped kernel uimage stored on # the eMMC at CONFIG_MMC_BOOTFLASH_ADDR 0x41000 -# Purge the OF tree to enable passing of ATAGs -oftree -f +# Force ATAG boot +global.bootm.boot_atag=true # The same machine type introduced with freescale ENGR00124359 armlinux_architecture=2955 diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/radxa-rock/env/boot/mshc1 b/arch/arm/boards/radxa-rock/env/boot/mshc1 index 964b6cc3eb..7393c4e63b 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boards/radxa-rock/env/boot/mshc1 +++ b/arch/arm/boards/radxa-rock/env/boot/mshc1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ mount /dev/mshc1.0 -oftree -f +global.bootm.boot_atag=true oftree -l /mnt/mshc1.0/rk3188-radxarock.dtb global.bootm.image=/mnt/mshc1.0/zImage diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/radxa-rock/env/boot/mshc1-old b/arch/arm/boards/radxa-rock/env/boot/mshc1-old index 1e1b57751d..2e43a3aafe 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boards/radxa-rock/env/boot/mshc1-old +++ b/arch/arm/boards/radxa-rock/env/boot/mshc1-old @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ mount /dev/mshc1.0 -oftree -f +global.bootm.boot_atag=true global.bootm.image=/mnt/mshc1.0/zImage-old global.linux.bootargs.dyn.root="root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait" -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox