.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ Single kernel ============= :: /dts-v1/; / { description = "Simple image with single Linux kernel"; #address-cells = <1>; images { kernel { description = "Vanilla Linux kernel"; data = /incbin/("./vmlinux.bin.gz"); type = "kernel"; arch = "ppc"; os = "linux"; compression = "gzip"; load = <00000000>; entry = <00000000>; hash-1 { algo = "crc32"; }; hash-2 { algo = "sha1"; }; }; }; configurations { default = "config-1"; config-1 { description = "Boot Linux kernel"; kernel = "kernel"; }; }; }; For x86 a setup node is also required: see x86-fit-boot:: /dts-v1/; / { description = "Simple image with single Linux kernel on x86"; #address-cells = <1>; images { kernel { description = "Vanilla Linux kernel"; data = /incbin/("./image.bin.lzo"); type = "kernel"; arch = "x86"; os = "linux"; compression = "lzo"; load = <0x01000000>; entry = <0x00000000>; hash-2 { algo = "sha1"; }; }; setup { description = "Linux setup.bin"; data = /incbin/("./setup.bin"); type = "x86_setup"; arch = "x86"; os = "linux"; compression = "none"; load = <0x00090000>; entry = <0x00090000>; hash-2 { algo = "sha1"; }; }; }; configurations { default = "config-1"; config-1 { description = "Boot Linux kernel"; kernel = "kernel"; setup = "setup"; }; }; }; Note: the above assumes a 32-bit kernel. To directly boot a 64-bit kernel, change both arch values to "x86_64". U-Boot will then change to 64-bit mode before booting the kernel (see boot_linux_kernel()).