Changes between Version 24 and Version 25 of linux/devicetree

Timestamp:

03/30/2026 10:10:11 PM (2 days ago)

Author:

Ryan Erb

Comment:

add note for pre-compiled dtb

linux/devicetree

@@ -25 +25 @@
 == Example Device Tree File ==
 Device tree files exist in:
- * Linux kernel tree:
+ * Linux kernel source code tree:
   - arch/arm/boot/dts for 32bit ARM
   - arch/arm64/boot/dts for 64bit ARM
@@ -31 +31 @@
   - arch/arm/dts for ARM
 
-For Gateworks Kernels:
+For Gateworks Source Code Kernels:
  - Venice: [https://github.com/Gateworks/linux-venice/tree/v6.12-venice/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale] imx8*-venice-*.dts*
  - Newport: [https://github.com/Gateworks/dts-newport dts-newport] gw*.dts* (Note Newport dt source is not in the Mainline Linux kernel)
  - Ventana: [https://github.com/Gateworks/linux-imx6/tree/gateworks_5.4.45/arch/arm/boot/dts/ arch/arm/boot/dts] imx6*-gw-*.dts*
+
+The compiled device tree files, dtb extension, are placed inside the /boot folder on a running Gateworks SBC. These are typically all pre-installed and included in Gateworks pre-built BSP images. 
+
+For special and rare circumstances, to quickly access pre-compiled device tree files for various uses, download and extract the Gateworks Linux kernel tarballs and copy to a new board if necessary:
+ 1. Download Linux tarball onto a desktop machine from here: https://dev.gateworks.com/venice/kernel/
+ 2. Extract the tarbal {{{tar -xvf linux-venice-6.18.tar.xz}}}
+ 3. cd into the boot directly and copy the .dtb file to the Gateworks SBC board inside the /boot directory.