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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-01-10 11:57:03 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-01-10 11:57:03 -0500
commit0bd2cbcdfaff9cb22267d66fc843fa4f73f0c281 (patch)
tree7d9732bcf5f2f646cb0c2c529c48b454b15d4ae2 /Documentation/kbuild
parent57cc7215b70856dc6bae8e55b00ecd7b1d7429b1 (diff)
parenta081748735c5feb96b1365e78a5ff0fb6ca7e3a4 (diff)
Merge branch 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6
* 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6: (29 commits) of/flattree: forward declare struct device_node in of_fdt.h ipmi: explicitly include of_address.h and of_irq.h sparc: explicitly cast negative phandle checks to s32 powerpc/405: Fix missing #{address,size}-cells in i2c node powerpc/5200: dts: refactor dts files powerpc/5200: dts: Change combatible strings on localbus powerpc/5200: dts: remove unused properties powerpc/5200: dts: rename nodes to prepare for refactoring dts files of/flattree: Update dtc to current mainline. of/device: Don't register disabled devices powerpc/dts: fix syntax bugs in bluestone.dts of: Fixes for OF probing on little endian systems of: make drivers depend on CONFIG_OF instead of CONFIG_PPC_OF of/flattree: Add of_flat_dt_match() helper function of_serial: explicitly include of_irq.h of/flattree: Refactor unflatten_device_tree and add fdt_unflatten_tree of/flattree: Reorder unflatten_dt_node of/flattree: Refactor unflatten_dt_node of/flattree: Add non-boottime device tree functions of/flattree: Add Kconfig for EARLY_FLATTREE ... Fix up trivial conflict in arch/sparc/prom/tree_32.c as per Grant.
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 0ef00bd6e54..86e3cd0d26a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -1136,6 +1136,21 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
1136 resulting in the target file being recompiled for no 1136 resulting in the target file being recompiled for no
1137 obvious reason. 1137 obvious reason.
1138 1138
1139 dtc
1140 Create flattend device tree blob object suitable for linking
1141 into vmlinux. Device tree blobs linked into vmlinux are placed
1142 in an init section in the image. Platform code *must* copy the
1143 blob to non-init memory prior to calling unflatten_device_tree().
1144
1145 Example:
1146 #arch/x86/platform/ce4100/Makefile
1147 clean-files := *dtb.S
1148
1149 DTC_FLAGS := -p 1024
1150 obj-y += foo.dtb.o
1151
1152 $(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/%.dts
1153 $(call cmd,dtc)
1139 1154
1140--- 6.7 Custom kbuild commands 1155--- 6.7 Custom kbuild commands
1141 1156