You have to compile it with the dtc compiler and load it with the uboot bootm command, indeed, (at least with a recent uboot version) it has three parameters: kernel, dtb (the name of dts compiled) and initrd. If you want you can store the dtb in flash.
Regards, Mark Bishop ha scritto: > > > Ok, so bear with me. I've read booting-without-of.txt in the > Documentation/powerpc directory and I modified a .dts file but now what? > > I use ltib or u-boot to load that into the device or do I roll a kernel > with that file and flash the device with it? > > Apologies for the less than technical questions. > > Quoting Marco Stornelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Hi Mark, >> >>> How can I tell which devices are mapped to /proc/mtd devices? >> >> If I well understand the question, you'd like to change the partitions >> layout (?), so you should check out the dts file to see the flash >> layout, then you can specify there the partitions and change the >> dimensions, if they are read-only...and so on. >> >> Regards, >> >> Mark Bishop ha scritto: >>> I am using the MPC8313E-RDB and I am having some problems using the >>> flash that comes on the board. Let me preface this by saying that I >>> haven't worked in the embedded linux arena in about 10 years so I am >>> trying to catch up with all the new toys. >>> >>> This board uses uBoot and it currently has 128M of DDR2, 8M flash and >>> 32M NAND Flash. I have a few questions: >>> >>> How can I tell which memory device it uses to boot out of? >>> How can I tell which devices are mapped to /proc/mtd devices? >>> >>> >>> I want to create a writeable flash partition, is there a FAQ out there I >>> could look at. >>> >>> All of this is after a few days of using Google to try and glean some >>> data from the internet. And the books don't get here from Amazon until >>> Monday. >>> >>> I would appreciate any help. Even a RTFM - if you could point me to >>> TFM, it would greatly help. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linuxppc-embedded mailing list >>> Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org >>> https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded >>> >> >> -- >> Marco Stornelli >> Embedded Software Engineer >> CoRiTeL - Consorzio di Ricerca sulle Telecomunicazioni >> http://www.coritel.it >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> +39 06 72582838 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > -- Marco Stornelli Embedded Software Engineer CoRiTeL - Consorzio di Ricerca sulle Telecomunicazioni http://www.coritel.it [EMAIL PROTECTED] +39 06 72582838 _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
