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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/binman/image.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/binman/image.py | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/binman/image.py b/tools/binman/image.py index e949435..10778f4 100644 --- a/tools/binman/image.py +++ b/tools/binman/image.py @@ -47,9 +47,23 @@ class Image(section.Entry_section): exception). This should be used if the Image is being loaded from a file rather than generated. In that case we obviously don't need the entry arguments since the contents already exists. + use_expanded: True if we are updating the FDT wth entry offsets, etc. + and should use the expanded versions of the U-Boot entries. + Any entry type that includes a devicetree must put it in a + separate entry so that it will be updated. For example. 'u-boot' + normally just picks up 'u-boot.bin' which includes the + devicetree, but this is not updateable, since it comes into + binman as one piece and binman doesn't know that it is actually + an executable followed by a devicetree. Of course it could be + taught this, but then when reading an image (e.g. 'binman ls') + it may need to be able to split the devicetree out of the image + in order to determine the location of things. Instead we choose + to ignore 'u-boot-bin' in this case, and build it ourselves in + binman with 'u-boot-dtb.bin' and 'u-boot.dtb'. See + Entry_u_boot_expanded and Entry_blob_phase for details. """ def __init__(self, name, node, copy_to_orig=True, test=False, - ignore_missing=False): + ignore_missing=False, use_expanded=False): super().__init__(None, 'section', node, test=test) self.copy_to_orig = copy_to_orig self.name = 'main-section' @@ -59,6 +73,7 @@ class Image(section.Entry_section): self.fdtmap_data = None self.allow_repack = False self._ignore_missing = ignore_missing + self.use_expanded = use_expanded if not test: self.ReadNode() |