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diff --git a/metadata/news/2019-11-25-rpi-firmware-dtb-files/2019-11-25-rpi-firmware-dtb-files.en.txt b/metadata/news/2019-11-25-rpi-firmware-dtb-files/2019-11-25-rpi-firmware-dtb-files.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8fe36a02d9d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2019-11-25-rpi-firmware-dtb-files/2019-11-25-rpi-firmware-dtb-files.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Title: sys-boot/raspberrypi-firmware will not install device tree files +Author: Andrey Utkin <andrey_utkin@gentoo.org> +Content-Type: text/plain +Posted: 2019-11-25 +Revision: 2 +News-Item-Format: 1.0 +Display-If-Installed: sys-boot/raspberrypi-firmware + +sys-boot/raspberrypi-firmware up to and including version 1.20190709 +installed files /boot/*.dtb and /boot/overlays/*. Newer versions will no +longer install these files. + +These files will be installed by sys-kernel/raspberrypi-image package. + +If you do not use sys-kernel/raspberrypi-image, you need to install +these files according to the method you use to install the kernel. For +installation from source, this can be done with such commands: + + make dtbs + cp -v arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/*.dtb /boot/ + cp -rv arch/arm64/boot/dts/overlays/ /boot/ + +This change is being made to enable arm64 users and custom kernels users +to use sys-boot/raspberrypi-firmware package. +See https://bugs.gentoo.org/685412 |