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@@ -417,11 +417,13 @@ and can be programmed:
binman {
section@0 {
read-only;
+ name-prefix = "ro-";
size = <0x100000>;
u-boot {
};
};
section@1 {
+ name-prefix = "rw-";
size = <0x100000>;
u-boot {
};
@@ -437,6 +439,12 @@ read-only:
Indicates that this section is read-only. This has no impact on binman's
operation, but his property can be read at run time.
+name-prefix:
+ This string is prepended to all the names of the binaries in the
+ section. In the example above, the 'u-boot' binaries which actually be
+ renamed to 'ro-u-boot' and 'rw-u-boot'. This can be useful to
+ distinguish binaries with otherwise identical names.
+
Special properties
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