firmware: Remove FW_PAYLOAD_FDT and related documentation

Now that no platform is using FW_PAYLOAD_FDT mechanism, we
remove related code from Makefile and related documentation.

Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <[email protected]>

Makefile

@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ libsbi-objs-path-y=$(foreach obj,$(libsbi-objs-y),$(build_dir)/lib/sbi/$(obj))
 libsbiutils-objs-path-y=$(foreach obj,$(libsbiutils-objs-y),$(build_dir)/lib/utils/$(obj))
 ifdef PLATFORM
 platform-objs-path-y=$(foreach obj,$(platform-objs-y),$(platform_build_dir)/$(obj))
-platform-dtb-path-y=$(foreach obj,$(platform-dtb-y),$(platform_build_dir)/$(obj))
 firmware-bins-path-y=$(foreach bin,$(firmware-bins-y),$(platform_build_dir)/firmware/$(bin))
 endif
 firmware-elfs-path-y=$(firmware-bins-path-y:.bin=.elf)
@@ -301,7 +300,6 @@ targets-y  = $(build_dir)/lib/libsbi.a
 targets-y  += $(build_dir)/lib/libsbiutils.a
 ifdef PLATFORM
 targets-y += $(platform_build_dir)/lib/libplatsbi.a
-targets-y += $(platform-dtb-path-y)
 endif
 targets-y += $(firmware-bins-path-y)
 

docs/firmware/fw_payload.md

@@ -57,17 +57,8 @@ file. The parameters currently defined are as follows:
 
 * **FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_PATH** - Path to an external flattened device tree binary
   file to be embedded in the *.text* section of the final firmware. If this
-  option is not provided and no internal device tree file is specified by the
-  platform (c.f. *FW_PAYLOAD_FDT*), then the firmware will expect the FDT to
-  be passed as an argument by the prior booting stage.
-
-* **FW_PAYLOAD_FDT** - Path to an internal flattened device tree binary file
-  defined by the platform code. The file name must match the DTB file name
-  specified in the platform *objects.mk* file with the *platform-dtb-y* entry.
-  This option results in *FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_PATH* to be automatically set.
-  Specifying *FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_PATH* on the `make` command line disables
-  *FW_PAYLOAD_FDT* and the command line specified device tree binary file is
-  used for building the final firmware.
+  option is not provided then the firmware will expect the FDT to be passed
+  as an argument by the prior booting stage.
 
 * **FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_ADDR** - Address where the FDT passed by the prior booting
   stage or specified by the *FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_PATH* parameter and embedded in
@@ -83,7 +74,4 @@ The *[qemu/virt]* platforms illustrate how to configure and use a *FW_PAYLOAD*
 firmware. Detailed information regarding these platforms can be found in the
 platform documentation files.
 
-The *kendryte/k210* platform also enables a build of a *FW_PAYLOAD* using an
-internally defined device tree file (*FW_PAYLOAD_FDT*).
-
 [qemu/virt]: ../platform/qemu_virt.md

firmware/objects.mk

@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ ifdef FW_PAYLOAD_ALIGN
 firmware-genflags-$(FW_PAYLOAD) += -DFW_PAYLOAD_ALIGN=$(FW_PAYLOAD_ALIGN)
 endif
 
-ifndef FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_PATH
-ifdef FW_PAYLOAD_FDT
-FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_PATH=$(platform_build_dir)/$(FW_PAYLOAD_FDT)
-endif
-endif
 ifdef FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_PATH
 firmware-genflags-$(FW_PAYLOAD) += -DFW_PAYLOAD_FDT_PATH=\"$(FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_PATH)\"
 endif

platform/template/config.mk

@@ -72,5 +72,4 @@ endif
 # FW_PAYLOAD_ALIGN=0x1000
 # FW_PAYLOAD_PATH="path to next boot stage binary image file"
 # FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_PATH="path to platform flattened device tree file"
-# FW_PAYLOAD_FDT="name of the platform defined flattened device tree file"
 # FW_PAYLOAD_FDT_ADDR=0x82200000

platform/template/objects.mk

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 platform-objs-y += platform.o
 
 #
-# If the platform support requires a device tree file, the name of the device
-# tree compiled file should be specified here. The device tree source file
-# be in the form <dt file name>.dts
+# If the platform support requires a builtin device tree file, the name of
+# the device tree compiled file should be specified here. The device tree
+# source file be in the form <dt file name>.dts
 #
-# platform-dtb-y += <dt file name>.dtb
+# platform-objs-y += <dt file name>.o