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Format

Devicetree Blob (DTB)

Summary

Name
Devicetree Blob (DTB)
Version
17
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1617
Description
DeviceTree Blobs are a binary representation of a DeviceTree, which represents computer hardware layout, addresses, and interconnections. They enable details to be passed to the operating system as it boots up, instead of hard coding details of a device into that operating system. This signature describes version 17 of DeviceTree, however it may apply to other versions of the dtb file. Please get in touch if you have information which can help refine this signature.
Note
https://github.com/devicetree-org/devicetree-specification/releases/download/v0.3/devicetree-specification-v0.3.pdf
File extensions
dtb
Source
Oliver Mattos / Oliver Mattos
Developed by
DeviceTree / DeviceTree
Supported by
DeviceTree / DeviceTree

Internal signatures

Devicetree Blob (DTB)

Note
Magic bytes, offset zero: Ð(carriage return)þí

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
D00DFEED
Endianness
Big-endian

Changelog

  • Added in V101

    Release date
    15 February 2022

    Devicetree Blob (DTB): Signature researched and samples provided by Oliver Mattos.

    Devicetree Blob (DTB): Full entry added. Submitted by Oliver Mattos.