Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:52:12 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Allow DTB overlays to built from .dtso named source files |
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Hi Rob,
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:47 AM Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 10:13 AM Andrew Davis <afd@ti.com> wrote: > > Currently DTB Overlays (.dtbo) are build from source files with the same > > extension (.dts) as the base DTs (.dtb). This may become confusing and > > even lead to wrong results. For example, a composite DTB (created from a > > base DTB and a set of overlays) might have the same name as one of the > > overlays that create it. > > > > Different files should be generated from differently named sources. > > .dtb <-> .dts > > .dtbo <-> .dtso > > > > We do not remove the ability to compile DTBO files from .dts files here, > > only add a new rule allowing the .dtso file name. The current .dts named > > overlays can be renamed with time. After all have been renamed we can > > remove the other rule. > > There was a patch from Geert converting everything. I'd rather not > support both ways.
Actually that was a patch from Frank?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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