linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] kbuild: Allow DTB overlays to built into .dtso.S files

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Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:07:26 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Andrew Davis <afd@...com>
Cc:     Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] kbuild: Allow DTB overlays to built into .dtso.S files

On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 8:24 PM Andrew Davis <afd@...com> wrote:
> DTB files can be built into the kernel by converting them to assembly
> files then assembling them into object files. We extend this here
> for DTB overlays with the .dtso extensions.
>
> We change the start and end delimiting tag prefix to make it clear that
> this data came from overlay files.
>
> [Based on patch by Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...y.com>]
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Davis <afd@...com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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