[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 02/19] Add minor updates to README.fdt-control

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Tue May 7 18:11:46 CEST 2013


A few things have changed since this doc was written, so update it to
match the current state of things.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---
Changes in v4: None
Changes in v3:
- Update notes to note that generic board support has now landed

Changes in v2: None

 doc/README.fdt-control | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/README.fdt-control b/doc/README.fdt-control
index 5963f78..95a88a7 100644
--- a/doc/README.fdt-control
+++ b/doc/README.fdt-control
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ the features of each board in the device tree file, and have a single
 generic source base.
 
 To enable this feature, add CONFIG_OF_CONTROL to your board config file.
+It is currently supported on ARM, x86 and Microblaze - other architectures
+will need to add code to their arch/xxx/lib/board.c file to locate the
+FDT. Alternatively you can enable generic board support on your board
+(with CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD) if this is available (as it is for
+PowerPC). For ARM, Tegra and Exynos5 have device trees available for
+common devices.
 
 
 What is a Flat Device Tree?
@@ -99,7 +105,8 @@ Then run the compiler (your version will vary):
 	*   Bad configuration:	0
 	* Strange test result:	0
 
-You will also find a useful ftdump utility for decoding a binary file.
+You will also find a useful fdtdump utility for decoding a binary file, as
+well as fdtget/fdtput for reading and writing properties in a binary file.
 
 
 Where do I get an fdt file for my board?
-- 
1.8.2.1



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