Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 May 2022 16:49:14 -0500 | From | Rob Herring <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scripts: dtc: fix a false alarm for node_name_chars_strict |
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On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 04:43:18PM -0400, Frank Rowand wrote: > On 5/31/22 01:33, Qun-Wei Lin wrote: > > The function check_node_name_chars_strict issues a false alarm when > > compiling an overlay dts. > > > > /fragment@0/__overlay__: Character '_' not recommended in node name > > > > This workaround will fix it by skip checking for node named __overlay__. > > This is not a false alarm. > > Do not special case node name "__overlay__". This node name should never > occur in a modern overlay source file.
A dtbo -> dts pass will give warnings, so handling these nodes is worthwhile. Though thinking a bit more about it, I think this one is off by default, but W=2 turns it on.
Rob
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