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argument by the prior booting stage.
* **FW_FDT_PADDING** - Optional zero bytes padding to the embedded flattened
device tree binary file specified by **FW_FDT_PATH** option.
+* **FW_PIC** - "FW_PIC=y" generates position independent executable firmware
+ images. OpenSBI can run at arbitrary address with appropriate alignment.
+ Therefore, the original relocation mechanism ("FW_PIC=n") will be skipped.
+ In other words, OpenSBI will directly run at the load address without any
+ code movement. This option requires a toolchain with PIE support, and it
+ is on by default.
Additionally, each firmware type as a set of type specific configuration
parameters. Detailed information for each firmware type can be found in the