[PATCH 14/15] doc: Add notes on how to install patman and binman

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Sun Feb 19 15:51:22 CET 2023


These can be installed with 'pip' now. Add the details for those who are
interested.

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

 tools/binmanu/binman.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
 tools/patmanu/patman.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/binmanu/binman.rst b/tools/binmanu/binman.rst
index 2bcb7d3886f..cb099e3939c 100644
--- a/tools/binmanu/binman.rst
+++ b/tools/binmanu/binman.rst
@@ -95,6 +95,20 @@ Binman uses the following terms:
 - binary - an input binary that goes into the image
 
 
+Installation
+------------
+
+You can install binman using::
+
+   pip install binmanu
+
+The 'u' at the end avoids a conflict with an existing package, indicates that it
+is related to U-Boot, and may suggest a Spanish influence.
+
+If you are using binman within the U-Boot tree, it may be easiest to add a
+symlink from your local `~/.bin` directory to `/path/to/tools/binman/binman`.
+
+
 Relationship to FIT
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/tools/patmanu/patman.rst b/tools/patmanu/patman.rst
index 6113962fb4f..37b6a0f264a 100644
--- a/tools/patmanu/patman.rst
+++ b/tools/patmanu/patman.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ In Linux and U-Boot this will also call get_maintainer.pl on each of your
 patches automatically (unless you use -m to disable this).
 
 
+Installation
+------------
+
+You can install patman using::
+
+   pip install patmanu
+
+The 'u' at the end avoids a conflict with an existing package, indicates that it
+is related to U-Boot, and may suggest a Spanish influence.
+
+If you are using patman within the U-Boot tree, it may be easiest to add a
+symlink from your local `~/.bin` directory to `/path/to/tools/patman/patman`.
+
 How to use this tool
 --------------------
 
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