[OE-core] is there OE support for building multi-image/component FIT image files?

Rick Altherr raltherr at google.com
Tue Mar 28 22:37:02 UTC 2017


kernel-fitimage.bbclass loops through all the DTBs listed in
KERNEL_DEVICETREE and adds a FIT section for each one.  It looks like
only the first one is put into a config section though.

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
>   not sure i even know if i'm asking the right question, but i already
> know that i can build a *basic* FIT image file for (as an example) a
> mpc8315e-rdb target, just goofing around. the .its file contains a
> node for the kernel, and the dtb file, and the corresponding
> configuration node, so everything is fine.
>
>   however, let's say i was building for a beaglebone black, for which,
> when you build the kernel. you get *multiple* dtb files for numerous
> related targets.
>
>   is there OE support for defining .its files that contain multiple
> kernels, and/or multiple dtb files, that automatically generates
> multiple configurations nodes to cover those possibilities?
>
>   i realize you can do all that manually with the "mkimage" command,
> i'm just not sure how far you can push creating FIT image files with
> stock OE support.
>
> rday
>
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