From caabd6a608dc30ffa97673f2a94ed68d8a7bdfd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mirza Krak Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:18:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: drop "Device tree support" section We no longer provide any Linux kernel which do not have device-tree support and all machines setup KERNEL_DEVICETREE correctly. Signed-off-by: Mirza Krak --- docs/extra-build-config.md | 13 ------------- 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/extra-build-config.md b/docs/extra-build-config.md index 4486f5a..365c490 100644 --- a/docs/extra-build-config.md +++ b/docs/extra-build-config.md @@ -120,19 +120,6 @@ To build an initramfs image: * Set the meta-rasberrypi variable (in raspberrypi.conf for example) - `KERNEL_INITRAMFS = "-initramfs"` -## Device tree support - -Device tree for RPi is only supported when using linux-raspberrypi 3.18+ -kernels. - -* Set `KERNEL_DEVICETREE` (in conf/machine/raspberrypi.conf) - - the trailer is added to the kernel image before kernel install task. While - creating the SDCard image, this modified kernel is put on boot partition (as - kernel.img) as well as DeviceTree blobs (.dtb files). - -NOTE: `KERNEL_DEVICETREE` is default enabled for kernel >= 3.18 and always -disabled for older kernel versions. - ## Enable SPI bus When using device tree kernels, set this variable to enable the SPI bus: