From 66b7a5da7ed568094b0ba3c8ce6dad6fd0884ebf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait@windriver.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 06:58:11 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] variables: Add documentation for KERNEL_DTC_FLAGS

Add documentation for the newly introduced KERNEL_DTC_FLAGS variable.

(From yocto-docs rev: b7b4718bcff3975aceddb63276abd9a4e00e4039)

Signed-off-by: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
(cherry picked from commit b2d5bf48fe4e76446a38762839865176294a4a3c)
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.rst
index a8375cd37c..db0cc2d66e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.rst
@@ -3811,6 +3811,15 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
 
          KERNEL_ARTIFACT_NAME ?= "${PKGE}-${PKGV}-${PKGR}-${MACHINE}${IMAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX}"
 
+   :term:`KERNEL_DTC_FLAGS`
+      Specifies the ``dtc`` flags that are passed to the Linux kernel build
+      system when generating the device trees (via ``DTC_FLAGS`` environment
+      variable).
+
+      In order to use this variable, the
+      :ref:`kernel-devicetree <ref-classes-kernel-devicetree>` class must
+      be inherited.
+
    :term:`KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS`
       Specifies additional ``make`` command-line arguments the OpenEmbedded
       build system passes on when compiling the kernel.