[Buildroot] [PATCH v3] zynq: document how to use custom ps7_init files

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Sun Oct 9 20:46:38 UTC 2016


Hello,

On Mon,  3 Oct 2016 20:09:56 -0500, Matt Weber wrote:
> From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com>
> 
> Since U-Boot supported SPL for Zynq boards at v2014.04 release, it
> became much easier to build a system.  At that time, however, users
> still needed to manually copy ps7_init.c/h to the U-Boot source tree
> to generate a working SPL image because ps7_init.c/h output from
> Xilinx tools are not compatible with GPL.
> 
> Later, the license problem was solved when Xilinx tools became able
> to output the GPL-compatible variants (ps7_init_gpl.c/h) as well.
> U-Boot v2015.07 or later includes ps7_init_gpl.c/h for major Zynq
> boards so that users can build a boot image straight away.
> 
> Now Buildroot supports 3 boards (Zedboard, MicroZed, ZC706) without
> any manual intervention.  This is a good thing itself, but commit
> b9cd72cdbfe3 ("zynq_zc706: bump U-Boot to xilinx-v2016.2") entirely
> dropped the information about custom ps7_init files.
> 
> This commit provides up-to-date guidance for how to customize the
> ps7_init files.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Weber <matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com>
> 
> ---
> v2 -> v3
> [Arnout
>  - Moved notice of good build but bad images to top
>  - Updated wording when refering to files
>  - Removed redundant comment on overriding files
>  - Added suggested note on file copy and make clean's affect

I've applied, after reworking a bit some aspects, and tweaking the
formatting.

Thanks!

Thomas
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