From: "Vahid Gharaee" <vgharaee@gmail.com>
To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/4] oe.fitimage: add metadata for multiple kernels
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:35:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261020133551.90185-3-vgharaee@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261020133551.90185-1-vgharaee@gmail.com>
From: Vahid Gharaee <vgharaee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Vahid Gharaee <vgharaee@gmail.com>
---
meta/conf/image-fitimage.conf | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
diff --git a/meta/conf/image-fitimage.conf b/meta/conf/image-fitimage.conf
index a06d30e494..21d54ce18d 100644
--- a/meta/conf/image-fitimage.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/image-fitimage.conf
@@ -102,3 +102,58 @@ FIT_UBOOT_ENV ?= ""
# arch, os) if the corresponding flag is not set, while others (load address
# and entry point) will be omitted in the final FIT.
FIT_LOADABLES ?= ""
+
+# Allow user to insert additional kernel images, e.g. a second kernel built by
+# another recipe or multiconfig, or a prebuilt kernel. The default kernel
+# (kernel-1) from virtual/kernel is always included. Each entry is used as the
+# image node name and must not collide with other image nodes, e.g. kernel-1.
+# Entries can be configured through variable flags:
+# FIT_KERNEL_FILENAME[id] - kernel file, relative to FIT_KERNEL_DEPLOYDIR
+# (default: linux.bin, mandatory for prebuilt
+# kernels)
+# FIT_KERNEL_DEPLOYDIR[id] - directory containing the kernel file
+# (default: ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE})
+# FIT_KERNEL_RECIPE[id] - recipe whose do_deploy provides the kernel
+# (default: none, the file must already exist).
+# Without FIT_KERNEL_MULTICONFIG the kernel file
+# must be deployed by this recipe.
+# FIT_KERNEL_MULTICONFIG[id] - multiconfig building FIT_KERNEL_RECIPE[id]
+# (default recipe: virtual/kernel), requires
+# FIT_KERNEL_DEPLOYDIR[id]
+# FIT_KERNEL_COMPRESSION[id] - default: for linux.bin deployed by
+# FIT_KERNEL_RECIPE or FIT_KERNEL_MULTICONFIG the
+# content of linux_comp next to it, else none
+# FIT_KERNEL_LOADADDRESS[id] - default: ${UBOOT_LOADADDRESS}
+# FIT_KERNEL_ENTRYPOINT[id] - default: ${UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT}
+# FIT_KERNEL_TYPE[id] - default: ${UBOOT_MKIMAGE_KERNEL_TYPE}
+# FIT_KERNEL_DESCRIPTION[id] - default: "Linux kernel"
+# Example, a kernel from the "rt" multiconfig with the same MACHINE:
+# FIT_KERNELS = "kernel-rt"
+# FIT_KERNEL_MULTICONFIG[kernel-rt] = "rt"
+# FIT_KERNEL_DEPLOYDIR[kernel-rt] = "${TOPDIR}/tmp-rt/deploy/images/${MACHINE}"
+# Example, a second kernel recipe with KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME = "kernel-rt":
+# FIT_KERNELS = "kernel-rt"
+# FIT_KERNEL_RECIPE[kernel-rt] = "linux-yocto-rt"
+# FIT_KERNEL_DEPLOYDIR[kernel-rt] = "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/kernel-rt"
+# Additional kernels are only referenced by configurations from FIT_CONFIGS.
+FIT_KERNELS ?= ""
+
+# Allow user to add configurations in addition to the ones generated per DTB
+# (or conf-1 without DTBs). Each entry results in a ${FIT_CONF_PREFIX}<id>
+# configuration node which can be configured through variable flags:
+# FIT_CONFIG_KERNEL[id] - kernel image node, e.g. one of FIT_KERNELS
+# (default: kernel-1)
+# FIT_CONFIG_DTB[id] - DTB name as in KERNEL_DEVICETREE or a file name in
+# EXTERNAL_KERNEL_DEVICETREE (default: none)
+# The ramdisk, u-boot script, setup and loadables are referenced by all
+# configurations.
+# Example:
+# FIT_CONFIGS = "rt"
+# FIT_CONFIG_KERNEL[rt] = "kernel-rt"
+# FIT_CONFIG_DTB[rt] = "am335x-boneblack.dtb"
+FIT_CONFIGS ?= ""
+
+# Allow user to select the default configuration by name without
+# FIT_CONF_PREFIX, e.g. "rt" for "conf-rt". Takes precedence over
+# FIT_CONF_DEFAULT_DTB.
+FIT_CONF_DEFAULT ?= ""
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 13:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-20 13:35 [PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for multiple kernels in FIT images Vahid Gharaee
2026-10-20 13:35 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] oe.fitimage: Support multiple kernel nodes and configuration selection Vahid Gharaee
2026-10-20 13:35 ` Vahid Gharaee [this message]
2026-10-20 13:35 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] oe.selftest: Add tests for multi-kernel FIT config Vahid Gharaee
2026-10-20 13:35 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] oe.fitimage: Add custom configurations and harden multi-kernel handling Vahid Gharaee
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