From 948b044d9c0a35c1187564c51e51ee7bd24f13c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antonin Godard Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 09:41:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: add missing EXTERNAL_KERNEL_DEVICETREE variable This variable can be used to specify one or more compiled device tree or device tree overlays to use in addition to the one compiled by the kernel. (From yocto-docs rev: 1a8c810eaab846379c6fc37960c7e41a5c7af9ba) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 6566ffceab3780dc5ecbfe26f786ebe6ff17e693) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index 601cad1f1a..3466b47cd3 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -2519,6 +2519,13 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. external tools. See the :ref:`ref-classes-kernel-yocto` class in ``meta/classes-recipe`` to see how the variable is used. + :term:`EXTERNAL_KERNEL_DEVICETREE` + When inheriting :ref:`ref-classes-kernel-fitimage` and a + :term:`PREFERRED_PROVIDER` for ``virtual/dtb`` set to ``devicetree``, the + variable :term:`EXTERNAL_KERNEL_DEVICETREE` can be used to specify a + directory containing one or more compiled device tree or device tree + overlays to use. + :term:`KERNEL_LOCALVERSION` This variable allows to append a string to the version of the kernel image. This corresponds to the ``CONFIG_LOCALVERSION``