Linux 6.10 To Add Script For Building ARM64 Flat Image Trees

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Linux 6.10 To Add Script For Building ARM64 Flat Image Trees

17 April 2024, 06:14 AM

Phoronix: Linux 6.10 To Add Script For Building ARM64 Flat Image Trees

Queued as part of the ARM64 patches in the various "-next" branches ahead of the Linux 6.10 merge window is a script for being able to build Flat Image Trees (FITs). A Flat Image Tree is the compiled Linux kernel paired with the associated DeviceTree content that is compressed and easily then distributed and executed by capable bootloaders...

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18 April 2024, 01:29 AM

Oh boy! A way to make it easier for ARM vendors to ship locked-down garbage kernels, instead of just implementing an EBBR-compliant uBoot firmware. I can't wait to see how this enables even more hot garbage lowest-common-denominator products destined to become e-waste.
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