[PATCH 1/2] binman: Mention split-elf in the main docs

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Thu Aug 18 10:16:45 CEST 2022


Since we are talking about ATF, add mention of this new feature too.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---

 tools/binman/binman.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/binman/binman.rst b/tools/binman/binman.rst
index 6e1fd3476f1..f85d13b700a 100644
--- a/tools/binman/binman.rst
+++ b/tools/binman/binman.rst
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ variable. Within binman, this EntryArg is picked up by the `Entry_atf_bl31`
 etype. An EntryArg is simply an argument to the entry. The `atf-bl31-path`
 name is documented in :ref:`etype_atf_bl31`.
 
+Taking this a little further, when binman is used to create a FIT, it supports
+using an ELF file, e.g. `bl31.elf` and splitting it into separate pieces (with
+`fit,operation = "split-elf"`), each with its own load address.
+
 
 Invoking binman outside U-Boot
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