Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wirel...

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / kbuild / makefiles.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 0ef00bd..86e3cd0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -1136,6 +1136,21 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
              resulting in the target file being recompiled for no
              obvious reason.
 
+    dtc
+       Create flattend device tree blob object suitable for linking
+       into vmlinux. Device tree blobs linked into vmlinux are placed
+       in an init section in the image. Platform code *must* copy the
+       blob to non-init memory prior to calling unflatten_device_tree().
+
+       Example:
+               #arch/x86/platform/ce4100/Makefile
+               clean-files := *dtb.S
+
+               DTC_FLAGS := -p 1024
+               obj-y += foo.dtb.o
+
+               $(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/%.dts
+                       $(call cmd,dtc)
 
 --- 6.7 Custom kbuild commands