From patchwork Sun Oct 19 16:47:40 2025 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: AdrianF X-Patchwork-Id: 72668 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F677CCD195 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:47:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta-65-226.siemens.flowmailer.net (mta-65-226.siemens.flowmailer.net [185.136.65.226]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.102.1760892475218181620 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2025 09:47:55 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=adrian.freihofer@siemens.com header.s=fm2 header.b=E2lw/Tzn; spf=pass (domain: rts-flowmailer.siemens.com, ip: 185.136.65.226, mailfrom: fm-1329275-20251019164752f4aa80961a0002072e-esfidl@rts-flowmailer.siemens.com) Received: by mta-65-226.siemens.flowmailer.net with ESMTPSA id 20251019164752f4aa80961a0002072e for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:47:53 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; s=fm2; d=siemens.com; i=adrian.freihofer@siemens.com; h=Date:From:Subject:To:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc; bh=DZYijTP1o6DTEZ4G1qHippHvqLZ/Vmjnnq6AeXiR800=; b=E2lw/TznkkCw9X4cB/deirodJANcjK/rEJaCspZbKtv8Cs0xOwASAMgCqH8WQtFCPd3oqa FBkaC3wS4sLCOHsmhZXgVH7Q88iimTlviukaanKwV8d42+U84QdtZ85O8D+/16IONiAtZlmT lSqaTdZesfnVmjfTmlqdrR7zDlqiN8ukIJI32fV9FPFsAyJPnCYR6CuSQ+OKN2/Ig6T7vTxy CQ8w11mk+mFktfmKxnCLM3Rqf1Ky+6C//pmZt/G0mjfEC0oNv7ZyDeMA/lIHHMuozbt/7gEk GOKuDeREWP+TvTh5w6M2nLof23uF5IFITO8oxkdnfBGFR+wG1k6j/wHg==; From: AdrianF To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: kavinaya@qti.qualcomm.com, Adrian Freihofer Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual/variables.rst: cover FIT_LINUX_BIN variable Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:47:40 +0200 Message-ID: <20251019164740.3795019-1-adrian.freihofer@siemens.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Flowmailer-Platform: Siemens Feedback-ID: 519:519-1329275:519-21489:flowmailer List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:47:57 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/7745 From: Adrian Freihofer Document the FIT_LINUX_BIN variable used in the fit-image class to specify the kernel binary name included in the FIT image. Signed-off-by: Adrian Freihofer --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index 591c03028ce..8a10dfc54e6 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -3430,6 +3430,18 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. The default value is set to "x509" by the :ref:`ref-classes-kernel-fit-image` class. + :term:`FIT_LINUX_BIN` + This variable is used in the :ref:`ref-classes-kernel-fit-image` class to + specify the name of the Linux kernel binary which gets included in the + FIT image. + The default value is set to "linux.bin". + + If :term:`FIT_LINUX_BIN` is set to an empty string, no kernel binary + is included in the FIT image. + This might be useful when the FIT image only provides specific components + like device trees, while the kernel is delivered as a UKI artifact + (see :ref:`ref-classes-uki`). + :term:`FIT_PAD_ALG` Specifies the padding algorithm used in creating the FIT Image. The default value is set to "pkcs-1.5" by the