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| author | Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com> | 2018-09-11 23:26:38 +0300 |
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| committer | Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> | 2018-09-12 17:41:41 +0300 |
| commit | d310959365942b100f79b56bcce859968fe7ca9c (patch) | |
| tree | 436f83468dda07b9c7b1ee14fb129ecd926f65e8 /drivers | |
| parent | 11da3a7f84f19c26da6f86af878298694ede0804 (diff) | |
| download | linux-d310959365942b100f79b56bcce859968fe7ca9c.tar.xz | |
efi/libstub/arm: default EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER to y
Default EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER to y to allow the dtb= command
line parameter to function with efi loader.
Required for development purposes and to boot on existing bootloaders
that do not support devicetree provided by the firmware or by the
bootloader.
Fixes: 3d7ee348aa41 ("efi/libstub/arm: Add opt-in Kconfig option ...")
Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig index d8e159feb573..89110dfc7127 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig @@ -90,14 +90,17 @@ config EFI_ARMSTUB config EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER bool "Enable the DTB loader" depends on EFI_ARMSTUB + default y help Select this config option to add support for the dtb= command line parameter, allowing a device tree blob to be loaded into memory from the EFI System Partition by the stub. - The device tree is typically provided by the platform or by - the bootloader, so this option is mostly for development - purposes only. + If the device tree is provided by the platform or by + the bootloader this option may not be needed. + But, for various development reasons and to maintain existing + functionality for bootloaders that do not have such support + this option is necessary. config EFI_BOOTLOADER_CONTROL tristate "EFI Bootloader Control" |