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Some Documentation fixes and generalizations.

Updated a jdl.com URL reference.

Generalized the new section IV to be "Utility Tools"
and added a small blurb about ftdump as well.

Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com>
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@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ II - The DT block format


III - libfdt III - libfdt


IV - Conversion to Version 1 IV - Utility Tools
1) convert-dtsv0 -- Conversion to Version 1
1) ftdump




I - "dtc", the device tree compiler I - "dtc", the device tree compiler
@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ I - "dtc", the device tree compiler
Source code for the Device Tree Compiler can be found at jdl.com. Source code for the Device Tree Compiler can be found at jdl.com.
The gitweb interface is: The gitweb interface is:


http://www.jdl.com/git_repos/ http://git.jdl.com/gitweb/


The repository is here: The repository is here:


@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ The repository is here:


Tarballs of the 1.0.0 and latest releases are here: Tarballs of the 1.0.0 and latest releases are here:


http://www.jdl.com/software/dtc-1.0.0.tgz http://www.jdl.com/software/dtc-v1.2.0.tgz
http://www.jdl.com/software/dtc-latest.tgz http://www.jdl.com/software/dtc-latest.tgz




@ -620,8 +622,11 @@ III - libfdt
This library should be merged into dtc proper. This library should be merged into dtc proper.
This library should likely be worked into U-Boot and the kernel. This library should likely be worked into U-Boot and the kernel.


IV - Conversion to Version 1
============================ IV - Utility Tools
==================

1) convert-dtsv0 -- Conversion to Version 1


convert-dtsv0 is a small utility program which converts (DTS) convert-dtsv0 is a small utility program which converts (DTS)
Device Tree Source from the obsolete version 0 to version 1. Device Tree Source from the obsolete version 0 to version 1.
@ -630,9 +635,18 @@ Version 1 DTS files are marked by line "/dts-v1/;" at the top of the file.


The syntax of the convert-dtsv0 command line is: The syntax of the convert-dtsv0 command line is:


convert-dtsv0 [<input_filename ... >] convert-dtsv0 [<input_filename ... >]


Each file passed will be converted to the new /dts-v1/ version by creating Each file passed will be converted to the new /dts-v1/ version by creating
a new file with a "v1" appended the filename. a new file with a "v1" appended the filename.


Comments, empty lines, etc. are preserved. Comments, empty lines, etc. are preserved.


2) ftdump -- Flat Tree dumping utility

The ftdump program prints a readable version of a flat device tree file.

The syntax of the ftdump command line is:

ftdump <DTB-file-name>

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