[PATCH v2 1/3] doc: Move devicetree control doc to rST
Heinrich Schuchardt
xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Sat Aug 14 09:01:54 CEST 2021
On 8/2/21 2:57 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Move this to rST format, largely unchanged to start with. Add an index
> for this topic, as well as an empty intro.
>
> Note this patch does not include updates! Is it just a conversion to the
> new format. See the next patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Add a comment about updates
>
> .../devicetree/control.rst} | 50 +++++++++----------
> doc/develop/devicetree/index.rst | 13 +++++
> doc/develop/devicetree/intro.rst | 4 ++
> doc/develop/index.rst | 1 +
> 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> rename doc/{README.fdt-control => develop/devicetree/control.rst} (89%)
> create mode 100644 doc/develop/devicetree/index.rst
> create mode 100644 doc/develop/devicetree/intro.rst
>
> diff --git a/doc/README.fdt-control b/doc/develop/devicetree/control.rst
> similarity index 89%
> rename from doc/README.fdt-control
> rename to doc/develop/devicetree/control.rst
> index 424d13fc5b1..1289b6156fe 100644
> --- a/doc/README.fdt-control
> +++ b/doc/develop/devicetree/control.rst
> @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
> -# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> -#
> -# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +.. sectionauthor:: Copyright 2011 The Chromium OS Authors
>
> Device Tree Control in U-Boot
> =============================
> @@ -37,9 +36,7 @@ What is a Flat Device Tree?
> ---------------------------
>
> An fdt can be specified in source format as a text file. To read about
> -the fdt syntax, take a look at the specification here:
> -
> -https://www.power.org/resources/downloads/Power_ePAPR_APPROVED_v1.0.pdf
> +the fdt syntax, take a look at the specification (dtspec_).
>
> You also might find this section of the Linux kernel documentation
> useful: (access this in the Linux kernel source code)
> @@ -60,18 +57,18 @@ To use this feature you will need to get the device tree compiler. This is
> provided by U-Boot automatically. If you have a system version of dtc
> (typically in the 'device-tree-compiler' package), it is currently not used.
>
> -If you want to build your own dtc, it is kept here:
> +If you want to build your own dtc, it is kept here::
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git
>
> -For example:
> +For example::
>
> $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git
> $ cd dtc
> $ make
> $ sudo make install
>
> -Then run the compiler (your version will vary):
> +Then run the compiler (your version will vary)::
>
> $ dtc -v
> Version: DTC 1.2.0-g2cb4b51f
> @@ -105,14 +102,14 @@ Failing that, you could write one from scratch yourself!
> Configuration
> -------------
>
> -Use:
> +Use::
>
> -#define CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE "<name>"
> + #define CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE "<name>"
>
> to set the filename of the device tree source. Then put your device tree
> -file into
> +file into::
>
> - board/<vendor>/dts/<name>.dts
> + board/<vendor>/dts/<name>.dts
>
> This should include your CPU or SOC's device tree file, placed in
> arch/<arch>/dts, and then make any adjustments required.
> @@ -123,9 +120,9 @@ and development only and is not recommended for production devices.
>
> If CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE is defined, then it will be built and placed in
> a u-boot.dtb file alongside u-boot-nodtb.bin. A common approach is then to
> -join the two:
> +join the two::
>
> - cat u-boot-nodtb.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
> + cat u-boot-nodtb.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
>
> and then flash image.bin onto your board. Note that U-Boot creates
> u-boot-dtb.bin which does the above step for you also. Resulting
> @@ -144,9 +141,9 @@ specify the file to read.
> You cannot use more than one of these options at the same time.
>
> To use a device tree file that you have compiled yourself, pass
> -EXT_DTB=<filename> to 'make', as in:
> +EXT_DTB=<filename> to 'make', as in::
>
> - make EXT_DTB=boot/am335x-boneblack-pubkey.dtb
> + make EXT_DTB=boot/am335x-boneblack-pubkey.dtb
>
> Then U-Boot will copy that file to u-boot.dtb, put it in the .img file
> if used, and u-boot-dtb.bin.
> @@ -162,16 +159,21 @@ variable will be set to the address of the newly relocated fdt blob.
> It is read-only and cannot be changed. It can optionally be used to
> control the boot process of Linux with bootm/bootz commands.
>
> -To use this, put something like this in your board header file:
> +To use this, put something like this in your board header file::
>
> -#define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS "fdtcontroladdr=10000\0"
> + #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS "fdtcontroladdr=10000\0"
>
> Build:
>
> -After board configuration is done, fdt supported u-boot can be build in two ways:
> -1) build the default dts which is defined from CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE
> +After board configuration is done, fdt supported u-boot can be build in two
> +ways:
> +
> +# build the default dts which is defined from CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE::
> +
> $ make
> -2) build the user specified dts file
> +
> +# build the user specified dts file::
> +
> $ make DEVICE_TREE=<dts-file-name>
>
>
> @@ -225,6 +227,4 @@ but can use the fdt to specific the UART clock, peripheral address, etc.
> In very broad terms, the CONFIG options in general control *what* driver
> files are pulled in, and the fdt controls *how* those files work.
>
> ---
> -Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> -1-Sep-11
> +.. _dtspec: https://www.power.org/resources/downloads/Power_ePAPR_APPROVED_v1.0.pdf
> diff --git a/doc/develop/devicetree/index.rst b/doc/develop/devicetree/index.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..fa5db3eb76e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/develop/devicetree/index.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +
> +Devicetree in U-Boot
> +====================
> +
> +The following holds information on how U-Boot makes use of devicetree for
> +build-time and runtime configuration.
> +
> +.. toctree::
> + :maxdepth: 2
> +
> + intro
> + control
> diff --git a/doc/develop/devicetree/intro.rst b/doc/develop/devicetree/intro.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..344851327c7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/develop/devicetree/intro.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +
> +Devicetree Introduction
> +=======================
> diff --git a/doc/develop/index.rst b/doc/develop/index.rst
> index 3ead7bda8fd..3230ff9cf0e 100644
> --- a/doc/develop/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/develop/index.rst
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Implementation
> :maxdepth: 1
>
> commands
> + devicetree/index
> driver-model/index
> global_data
> logging
>
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