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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2018-04-03 10:05:02 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2018-05-24 17:16:06 +0100
commit676d72d412434ca74ec563de89391f2e3aaaaabe (patch)
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bsp-guide: Updated SPL_BINARY discussion.
Updated the discussion on this variable in the BeagleBone example. Took out an older "Xloader" term. Also, fixed a link to the u-boot.inc file. (From yocto-docs rev: 5a41c6e7ed6ee6432f7f2c15642f5f98460a1a83) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml b/documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml
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@@ -2102,23 +2102,17 @@
2102 "MLO", which stands for Multimedia card LOader. 2102 "MLO", which stands for Multimedia card LOader.
2103 </para> 2103 </para>
2104 2104
2105 <para>The BeagleBone development board requires a 2105 <para>The BeagleBone development board requires an
2106 MLO file in order to boot. 2106 SPL to boot and that SPL file type must be MLO.
2107 Consequently, the machine configuration needs to 2107 Consequently, the machine configuration needs to
2108 define the SPL as an MLO type file and use it 2108 define <filename>SPL_BINARY</filename> as "MLO".
2109 as the Xloader.
2110 <note> 2109 <note>
2111 For more information on how the SPL variables 2110 For more information on how the SPL variables
2112 are used, see the 2111 are used, see the
2113 <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;#/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc'><filename>u-boot.inc</filename></ulink> 2112 <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc'><filename>u-boot.inc</filename></ulink>
2114 include file. 2113 include file.
2115 </note> 2114 </note>
2116 </para></listitem> 2115 </para></listitem>
2117<!--
2118 There is an SPL Framework documented here - http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=blob;f=doc/README.SPL;hb=HEAD.
2119 SPL is the "secondary program loader." Here is some stuff from the
2120 poky/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc file:
2121-->
2122 <listitem><para> 2116 <listitem><para>
2123 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT'><filename>UBOOT_*</filename></ulink>: 2117 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT'><filename>UBOOT_*</filename></ulink>:
2124 Defines various U-Boot configurations needed 2118 Defines various U-Boot configurations needed