linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/7] dt: dtb version: document chosen/dtb-info node binding

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Date:	Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:23:21 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
Cc:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	"grant.likely@...aro.org" <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>,
	Pawel Moll <Pawel.Moll@....com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/7] dt: dtb version: document chosen/dtb-info node binding

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com> wrote:
>> Why would you _ever_ need an absolute path!?
>
> The absolute path tells you which source repository contained the source.

Really? Usually it's just gonna be <something>/linux-2.6...

IMHO it leaks information (the <something>) you don't want to be in final
build, like login names and file server names.
We already have way to many uses of __FILE__ in the kernel source tree.
Unfortunately there's no replacement macro with just the relative path,
against the topdir of the source tree.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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