[U-Boot] minnowboard max .dtb file

Beaman, Thomas Thomas.Beaman at xerox.com
Wed Jun 24 17:50:14 CEST 2015


Hi Bin,

>> You are correct I was confused about the usage of the dtb file in 
>> U-Boot.  I know it is probably outside the scope of U-Boot, but do you 
>> have any pointers to info on linux x86 kernel usage of a FDT (dtb) 
>> file for configuration source

> Please check kernel documentation booting-without-of.txt. But I am wondering why do you want to use FDT on Linux x86 kernel?

I will look at this document in more detail.  I currently do PowerPC work and like the flexibility of the FDT files.
I would like to apply similar flexibility to my current x86 work. Do you have any Pros or Cons about doing this for x86 embedded work ?  

Regards,
Tom


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