[U-Boot] [PATCH] dm: README: recommend u-boot.dtb to try driver-model on sandbox

Masahiro Yamada yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com
Fri Dec 19 14:39:38 CET 2014


Jagan,

On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:43:37 +0530
Jagan Teki <jagannadh.teki at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19 December 2014 at 10:46, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com> wrote:
> > To enjoy driver-model on sandbox, using device tree is recommended.
> > While we are here, change sandbox_config to sandbox_defconfig too.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com>
> > ---
> >
> >  doc/driver-model/README.txt | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/driver-model/README.txt b/doc/driver-model/README.txt
> > index 3e2f622..eafa825 100644
> > --- a/doc/driver-model/README.txt
> > +++ b/doc/driver-model/README.txt
> > @@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ How to try it
> >
> >  Build U-Boot sandbox and run it:
> >
> > -   make sandbox_config
> > +   make sandbox_defconfig
> >     make
> > -   ./u-boot
> > +   ./u-boot -d u-boot.dtb
> 
> this -d is an optional I suppose without dtb we can able to access dm isn't it?


Without -d, DM can still have access to platform data, but
arch/sandbox/sandbox.dts provies us more features.
With "-d u-boot.dtb", you will notice a difference at glance: "cyan" terminal.



Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada



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