[U-Boot] [PATCH] FIT: List kernel_noload in the list of types

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Tue Jul 18 18:14:19 UTC 2017


In the source_file_format.txt file we talk about how to construct a
valid FIT image.  While it already says to look at the source for the
full list, add kernel_noload to the explicit list of types.  This is
arguably the most important type to use as most often we are including a
kernel that will run from wherever it is loaded into memory and execute.

This for example, allows you to create a single FIT image for Linux that
can be used on both OMAP and i.MX devices as the kernel will not need to
be moved in memory.

Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
---
 doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
index afff301c8859..136d3d7078ee 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ the '/images' node should have the following layout:
   Mandatory properties:
   - description : Textual description of the component sub-image
   - type : Name of component sub-image type, supported types are:
-    "standalone", "kernel", "ramdisk", "firmware", "script", "filesystem",
-    "flat_dt" and others (see uimage_type in common/image.c).
+    "standalone", "kernel", "kernel_noload", "ramdisk", "firmware", "script",
+    "filesystem", "flat_dt" and others (see uimage_type in common/image.c).
   - data : Path to the external file which contains this node's binary data.
   - compression : Compression used by included data. Supported compressions
     are "gzip" and "bzip2". If no compression is used compression property
-- 
1.9.1



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