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diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig index 164d8c73552f..7cb5f6dbaeee 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -2677,6 +2677,33 @@ config USE_OF config BUILTIN_DTB bool +choice + prompt "Kernel appended dtb support" if OF + default MIPS_NO_APPENDED_DTB + + config MIPS_NO_APPENDED_DTB + bool "None" + help + Do not enable appended dtb support. + + config MIPS_RAW_APPENDED_DTB + bool "vmlinux.bin" + help + With this option, the boot code will look for a device tree binary + DTB) appended to raw vmlinux.bin (without decompressor). + (e.g. cat vmlinux.bin <filename>.dtb > vmlinux_w_dtb). + + This is meant as a backward compatibility convenience for those + systems with a bootloader that can't be upgraded to accommodate + the documented boot protocol using a device tree. + + Beware that there is very little in terms of protection against + this option being confused by leftover garbage in memory that might + look like a DTB header after a reboot if no actual DTB is appended + to vmlinux.bin. Do not leave this option active in a production kernel + if you don't intend to always append a DTB. +endchoice + endmenu config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT |