[U-Boot] minnowboard max .dtb file

[Bin Meng]

Hi Tom,

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:50 PM, Beaman, Thomas
<Thomas.Beaman at xerox.com> wrote:
>
> 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 ?
>

Linux x86 kernel has various sources for it to configure the hardware,
via configuration tables like PIRQ/SFI/MP/ACPI and device tree. You
can describe all configuration in the device tree without using other
mechanism. There is no such limitation as long as you come up with a
proper binding for Linux kernel to use.

Regards,
Bin