linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 3/5] scripts: dtc: Remove the unused fdtdump.c file

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:26:22 +1100
From:   David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bill Mills <bill.mills@...aro.org>, anmar.oueja@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 3/5] scripts: dtc: Remove the unused fdtdump.c file

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 09:47:57AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 21-01-21, 11:44, David Gibson wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 12:36:45PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > > This was copied from external DTC repository long back and isn't used
> > > anymore. Over that the dtc tool can be used to generate the dts source
> > > back from the dtb. Remove the unused fdtdump.c file.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> > 
> > Doesn't this make updating the kernel dtc from upstream needlessly
> > more difficult?
> 
> Hmm, I am not sure I understand the concern well. The kernel keeps a
> list of files[1] it needs to automatically copy (using a script) from
> the upstream dtc repo and fdtdump.c was never part of that. Keeping it
> there isn't going to make any difficulty I believe.

Hm, ok.  Seems a bit clunky compared to embedding the whole directory,
but whatever.

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