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authorSimon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>2023-02-24 04:18:23 +0300
committerSimon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>2023-03-08 22:40:56 +0300
commit6608acb29d25f354d4c9574b126616c582fcc1bc (patch)
tree77ef1c78590ee4c1e35065f8b8101099e738e898
parent7b7f1bf30d97931891a2440adf45fbdca54738af (diff)
downloadu-boot-6608acb29d25f354d4c9574b126616c582fcc1bc.tar.xz
doc: Add notes on how to install patman and binman
These can be installed with 'pip' now. Add the details for those who are interested. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
-rw-r--r--tools/binman/binman.rst13
-rw-r--r--tools/patman/patman.rst12
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diff --git a/tools/binman/binman.rst b/tools/binman/binman.rst
index 3ac29ee356..a729b5322f 100644
--- a/tools/binman/binman.rst
+++ b/tools/binman/binman.rst
@@ -95,6 +95,19 @@ Binman uses the following terms:
- binary - an input binary that goes into the image
+Installation
+------------
+
+You can install binman using::
+
+ pip install binary-manager
+
+The name is chosen since binman conflicts with an existing package.
+
+If you are using binman within the U-Boot tree, it may be easiest to add a
+symlink from your local `~/.bin` directory to `/path/to/tools/binman/binman`.
+
+
Relationship to FIT
-------------------
diff --git a/tools/patman/patman.rst b/tools/patman/patman.rst
index 6113962fb4..038b651ee8 100644
--- a/tools/patman/patman.rst
+++ b/tools/patman/patman.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ In Linux and U-Boot this will also call get_maintainer.pl on each of your
patches automatically (unless you use -m to disable this).
+Installation
+------------
+
+You can install patman using::
+
+ pip install patch-manager
+
+The name is chosen since patman conflicts with an existing package.
+
+If you are using patman within the U-Boot tree, it may be easiest to add a
+symlink from your local `~/.bin` directory to `/path/to/tools/patman/patman`.
+
How to use this tool
--------------------