linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/dtc: Update to upstream version 53bf130b1cdd

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Date:	Mon, 7 Mar 2016 15:10:25 -0800
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/dtc: Update to upstream version 53bf130b1cdd

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 7:13 AM, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> wrote:
> Sync to upstream dtc commit 53bf130b1cdd ("libfdt: simplify
> fdt_node_check_compatible()"). This adds the following commits from
> upstream:
>
> 53bf130 libfdt: simplify fdt_node_check_compatible()
> c9d9121 Warn on node name unit-address presence/absence mismatch
> 2e53f9d Catch unsigned 32bit overflow when parsing flattened device tree offsets
>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> ---
> As usual, this is just an automated copy of upstream dtc into the kernel
> tree. The changeset is small enough that I have left it here.
>
> The main reason for this sync is to pick-up the new unit-address
> warnings.

This spews a crazy amount of warnings on a multi_v7_defconfig build.

I'd prefer to see most of those warnings fixed _before_ we introduce
it by default. Otherwise we just add a huge amount of noise that will
hide any real valid warnings that are now brought up.


-Olof