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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-01-10 17:57:03 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-01-10 17:57:03 +0100
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parentheaders: kobject.h redux (diff)
parentof/flattree: forward declare struct device_node in of_fdt.h (diff)
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Merge branch 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6
* 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6: (29 commits) of/flattree: forward declare struct device_node in of_fdt.h ipmi: explicitly include of_address.h and of_irq.h sparc: explicitly cast negative phandle checks to s32 powerpc/405: Fix missing #{address,size}-cells in i2c node powerpc/5200: dts: refactor dts files powerpc/5200: dts: Change combatible strings on localbus powerpc/5200: dts: remove unused properties powerpc/5200: dts: rename nodes to prepare for refactoring dts files of/flattree: Update dtc to current mainline. of/device: Don't register disabled devices powerpc/dts: fix syntax bugs in bluestone.dts of: Fixes for OF probing on little endian systems of: make drivers depend on CONFIG_OF instead of CONFIG_PPC_OF of/flattree: Add of_flat_dt_match() helper function of_serial: explicitly include of_irq.h of/flattree: Refactor unflatten_device_tree and add fdt_unflatten_tree of/flattree: Reorder unflatten_dt_node of/flattree: Refactor unflatten_dt_node of/flattree: Add non-boottime device tree functions of/flattree: Add Kconfig for EARLY_FLATTREE ... Fix up trivial conflict in arch/sparc/prom/tree_32.c as per Grant.
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 0ef00bd6e54d..86e3cd0d26a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -1136,6 +1136,21 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
resulting in the target file being recompiled for no
obvious reason.
+ dtc
+ Create flattend device tree blob object suitable for linking
+ into vmlinux. Device tree blobs linked into vmlinux are placed
+ in an init section in the image. Platform code *must* copy the
+ blob to non-init memory prior to calling unflatten_device_tree().
+
+ Example:
+ #arch/x86/platform/ce4100/Makefile
+ clean-files := *dtb.S
+
+ DTC_FLAGS := -p 1024
+ obj-y += foo.dtb.o
+
+ $(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/%.dts
+ $(call cmd,dtc)
--- 6.7 Custom kbuild commands