From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar <chambilkethakur@gmail.com>
Cc: kernelnewbies <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org>
Subject: Re: device tree and config file
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 13:05:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YQkjFbC0KVJzH8Iy@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJnfX5tiKXh-Zrj40Lu=urd337YVUU8wrbQvosD5M0Yv-8aQzw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 11:28:20AM +0100, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar wrote:
> Hi all,
> How does device tree file pick up node entries for modules enabled by "make
> menuconfig"(or just "CONFIG_XX=y "in ,config), which are not part of
> defconfig. Or If you enable a new module you have to write new device tree
> entries manually?
device tree files and kernel build configuration files are totally
different things and control independant things.
One is a run time definition of the hardware resources for your system
for when you boot a kernel, and the other is what features and driver
selection you wish to select for when you build a kernel.
Hope this helps,
greg k-h
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2021-08-03 10:28 device tree and config file Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
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