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diff --git a/doc/README.fdt-overlays b/doc/README.fdt-overlays new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..39139cb850 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/README.fdt-overlays @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +U-Boot FDT Overlay usage +============================================= + +Overlays Syntax +--------------- + +Overlays require slightly different syntax compared to traditional overlays. +Please refer to dt-object-internal.txt in the dtc sources for information +regarding the internal format of overlays: +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git/tree/Documentation/dt-object-internal.txt + +Building Overlays +----------------- + +In a nutshell overlays provides a means to manipulate a symbol a previous dtb +or overlay has defined. It requires both the base and all the overlays +to be compiled with the -@ command line switch so that symbol information is +included. + +Note support for -@ option can only be found in dtc version 1.4.4 or newer. +Only version 4.14 or higher of the Linux kernel includes a built in version +of dtc that meets this requirement. + +Building an overlay follows the same process as building a traditional dtb. + +For example: + +base.dts +-------- + + /dts-v1/; + / { + foo: foonode { + foo-property; + }; + }; + + $ dtc -@ -I dts -O dtb -o base.dtb base.dts + +bar.dts +------- + + /dts-v1/; + /plugin/; + / { + fragment@1 { + target = <&foo>; + __overlay__ { + overlay-1-property; + bar: barnode { + bar-property; + }; + }; + }; + }; + + $ dtc -@ -I dts -O dtb -o bar.dtb bar.dts + +Ways to Utilize Overlays in U-boot +---------------------------------- + +There are two ways to apply overlays in U-boot. +1. Include and define overlays within a FIT image and have overlays + automatically applied. + +2. Manually load and apply overlays + +The remainder of this document will discuss using overlays via the manual +approach. For information on using overlays as part of a FIT image please see: +doc/uImage.FIT/overlay-fdt-boot.txt + +Manually Loading and Applying Overlays +-------------------------------------- + +1. Figure out where to place both the base device tree blob and the +overlay. Make sure you have enough space to grow the base tree without +overlapping anything. + +=> setenv fdtaddr 0x87f00000 +=> setenv fdtovaddr 0x87fc0000 + +2. Load the base blob and overlay blobs + +=> load ${devtype} ${bootpart} ${fdtaddr} ${bootdir}/base.dtb +=> load ${devtype} ${bootpart} ${fdtovaddr} ${bootdir}/overlay.dtb + +3. Set it as the working fdt tree. + +=> fdtaddr $fdtaddr + +4. Grow it enough so it can 'fit' all the applied overlays + +=> fdt resize 8192 + +5. You are now ready to apply the overlay. + +=> fdt apply $fdtovaddr + +6. Boot system like you would do with a traditional dtb. + +For bootm: + +=> bootm ${kerneladdr} - ${fdtaddr} + +For bootz: + +=> bootz ${kerneladdr} - ${fdtaddr} + +Please note that in case of an error, both the base and overlays are going +to be invalidated, so keep copies to avoid reloading. + +Pantelis Antoniou +pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com +11/7/2017 |