[U-Boot] [U-Boot, v2, 19/27] mkimage: Support automatic creating of a FIT without a .its

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Tue Mar 15 12:54:47 CET 2016


On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:55:51PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:

> At present, when generating a FIT, mkimage requires a .its file containing
> the structure of the FIT and referring to the images to be included.
> 
> Creating the .its file is a separate step that makes it harder to use FIT.
> This is not required for creating legacy images.
> 
> Often the FIT is pretty standard, consisting of an OS image, some device
> tree files and a single configuration. We can handle this case automatically
> and avoid needing a .its file at all.
> 
> To start with, support automatically generate the FIT using a new '-f auto'
> option. Initially this only supports adding a single image (e.g. a linux
> kernel) and a single configuration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>

Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!

-- 
Tom
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