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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/binman/etype/mkimage.py')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/mkimage.py b/tools/binman/etype/mkimage.py index f3b3df6fe04..a5d94da6a91 100644 --- a/tools/binman/etype/mkimage.py +++ b/tools/binman/etype/mkimage.py @@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ class Entry_mkimage(Entry): """Binary produced by mkimage Properties / Entry arguments: - - datafile: Filename for -d argument - - args: Other arguments to pass + - args: Arguments to pass - The data passed to mkimage is collected from subnodes of the mkimage node, - e.g.:: + The data passed to mkimage via the -d flag is collected from subnodes of the + mkimage node, e.g.:: mkimage { args = "-n test -T imximage"; @@ -28,9 +27,27 @@ class Entry_mkimage(Entry): }; }; - This calls mkimage to create an imximage with u-boot-spl.bin as the input - file. The output from mkimage then becomes part of the image produced by - binman. + This calls mkimage to create an imximage with `u-boot-spl.bin` as the data + file, with mkimage being called like this:: + + mkimage -d <data_file> -n test -T imximage <output_file> + + The output from mkimage then becomes part of the image produced by + binman. If you need to put multiple things in the data file, you can use + a section, or just multiple subnodes like this:: + + mkimage { + args = "-n test -T imximage"; + + u-boot-spl { + }; + + u-boot-tpl { + }; + }; + + Note that binman places the contents (here SPL and TPL) into a single file + and passes that to mkimage using the -d option. To use CONFIG options in the arguments, use a string list instead, as in this example which also produces four arguments:: |