linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Add dtc flag test

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Message-ID: <CAL_JsqJNkEmw_94aP95o+hMdA_nJLc+wkEMcOzYdzeYzYUbOVg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 May 2021 09:21:55 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Elliot Berman <eberman@...eaurora.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Steve Muckle <smuckle@...gle.com>,
        Trilok Soni <tsoni@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Add dtc flag test

On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 6:40 AM Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 03:22, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 2:59 AM Elliot Berman <eberman@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Host dtc may not support the same flags as kernel's copy of dtc. Test
>> > if dtc supports each flag when the dtc comes from host.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Elliot Berman <eberman@...eaurora.org>
>>
>>
>> I think this supports only the newer external DTC,
>> but not older ones.
>>
>> This feature is intended to test the upstream DTC
>> before resyncing in-kernel scripts/dtc/.
>
>
> Was there ever a follow-up to this?

As Masahiro said, using an older dtc is not a usecase we care about.

Rob