linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V7 4/6] kbuild: Add support to build overlays (%.dtbo)

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVp0vGMqoEoP9A7Y7-ph-DYUWdddtChdq_eZcROYTBMHg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 5 Feb 2021 10:02:27 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
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>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        anmar.oueja@...aro.org, Bill Mills <bill.mills@...aro.org>,
        David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 4/6] kbuild: Add support to build overlays (%.dtbo)

Hi Viresh,

Thanks for your patch
(which I only noticed because it appeared in dt-rh/for-next ;-)

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 8:31 AM Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> wrote:
> Add support for building DT overlays (%.dtbo). The overlay's source file
> will have the usual extension, i.e. .dts, though the blob will have

Why use .dts and not .dtso for overlays?
Because you originally (until v5) had a single rule for building .dtb
and .dtbo files?

> .dtbo extension to distinguish it from normal blobs.
>
> Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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