From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jason@lakedaemon.net (Jason Cooper) Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:12:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] arm: mvebu: Fix the memory size on the Mirabox In-Reply-To: References: <1364579477-19018-1-git-send-email-ryan@presslab.us> <20130329180447.GK13280@titan.lakedaemon.net> <20130329193716.GA7127@localhost> <20130329194453.GN13280@titan.lakedaemon.net> <20130330192030.GR13280@titan.lakedaemon.net> Message-ID: <20130330201224.GT13280@titan.lakedaemon.net> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:40:33PM -0700, Ryan Press wrote: > There really isn't streamlined support for appending a dtb to the > kernel zImage. $ cat my.dtb >>zImage $ mkimage ... which could be done in a pre-install hook in the deb, or as a kernel post-install hook (eg running update-grub on a desktop). > I have recently built and am testing a U-Boot that is working with > devicetree, including the memory fixup. If anyone wants to try it on > their Mirabox, let me know. So more work in the short term, but it > eliminates the 'DOH! moments when I forget to install the special > uImage and need to fart around in the bootloader. mainline u-boot supports devicetree on ARM very well. It might a better use of time to add support for the Armada 370/XP to mainline u-boot. As an alternative, there is also barebox [1] which is more similar to the kernel in layout, and has native Kconfig support. It also needs patches for Armada 370/XP, and kirkwood/dove/orion5x... hth, Jason. [1] http://www.barebox.org