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diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/howto.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/howto.txt index 35ab97d..4ae5303 100644 --- a/doc/uImage.FIT/howto.txt +++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/howto.txt @@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ Consider a simple scenario, where a PPC Linux kernel built from sources on the development host is to be booted old-style (non-FDT) by U-Boot on an embedded target. Assume that the outcome of the build is vmlinux.bin.gz, a file which contains a gzip-compressed PPC Linux kernel (the only data file in this case). -The uImage can be produced using the image source file examples/kernel.its -(note that kernel.its assumes that vmlinux.bin.gz is in the current working -directory; if desired, an alternative path can be specified in the kernel.its -file). Here's how to create the image and inspect its contents: +The uImage can be produced using the image source file +doc/uImage.FIT/kernel.its (note that kernel.its assumes that vmlinux.bin.gz is +in the current working directory; if desired, an alternative path can be +specified in the kernel.its file). Here's how to create the image and inspect +its contents: [on the host system] $ mkimage -f kernel.its kernel.itb @@ -159,10 +160,10 @@ Example 2 -- new-style (FDT) kernel booting Consider another simple scenario, where a PPC Linux kernel is to be booted new-style, i.e., with a FDT blob. In this case there are two prerequisite data files: vmlinux.bin.gz (Linux kernel) and target.dtb (FDT blob). The uImage can -be produced using image source file examples/kernel_fdt.its like this (note -again, that both prerequisite data files are assumed to be present in the -current working directory -- image source file kernel_fdt.its can be modified -to take the files from some other location if needed): +be produced using image source file doc/uImage.FIT/kernel_fdt.its like this +(note again, that both prerequisite data files are assumed to be present in +the current working directory -- image source file kernel_fdt.its can be +modified to take the files from some other location if needed): [on the host system] $ mkimage -f kernel_fdt.its kernel_fdt.itb @@ -292,5 +293,5 @@ Bytes transferred = 1109776 (10ef10 hex) Example 3 -- advanced booting ----------------------------- -Refer to examples/multi.its for an image source file that allows more +Refer to doc/uImage.FIT/multi.its for an image source file that allows more sophisticated booting scenarios (multiple kernels, ramdisks and fdt blobs). |