linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] of: convert unittest overlay devicetree source to sugar syntax

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVSDj2MmTzbxgZeBx94EKdcRr6B_3Bh+Mb35XhBRPPGXw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:37:57 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com>,
        Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] of: convert unittest overlay devicetree source to
 sugar syntax

Hi Frank,

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 3:53 AM,  <frowand.list@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...y.com>
>
> The unittest-data overlays have been pulled into proper overlay
> devicetree source files without changing their format.  The
> next step is to convert them to use sugar syntax instead of
> hand coding overlay fragments structure.

Cool! I had heard about the new syntax, but hadn't realized it was merged in
v4.15-rc1.

Have you used your overlay_convert_old_to_new script to convert them?

> A few of the overlays can not be converted because they test
> absolute target paths in the overlay fragment.  dtc does not
> generate this type of target:
>   overlay_0.dts
>   overlay_1.dts
>   overlay_12.dts
>   overlay_13.dts

And I guess you want to keep at least a few tests using the non-sugar syntax
anyway?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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