Re: flash-kernel and dtb
Hi Ian,
On Saturday 14 June 2014 13:35:40 Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 14:18 +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> > The only thing I am wondering is why does it not create a symlink into the
> > root directory, as there is one for vmlinuz and initrd:
> >
> > root@bokocube:/# ln -s /boot/dtb-3.15-rc8-armmp dtb-armmp
> >
> > ?
>
> Those symlinks are created by the kernel packaging. I would have liked
> for flash-kernel to do something similar for the dtb but I thought it
> should follow the /etc/kernel-image.conf settings (in particular
> do_symlinks,relative_links and link_in_boot) but I lacked the time to
> make it do so and it isn't strictly needed anyway (see below).
>
> BTW if it were to create a link it should be /dtb not /dtb-$flavour.
>
> > Do I need to update my bootcmd in u-boot with each updated kernel
> > manually?
>
> Your boot command should load and then source the boot.scr which
> flash-kernel has created, it contains the right things and is
> automatically updated when the kernel/initramfs/etc changes.
Wow, that is a nice solution. Is there somewhere the boot.cmd out of which
mkimage generates the boot.scr ?
> I don't have a cubox but I was under the impression that the default
> u-boot environment (at least for the u-boot packaged in Debian) would Do
> The Right Thing.
I am more than happy to test the setup :-)
Many thanks,
Rainer
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Rainer Dorsch
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