linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/make_fit: Drop fdt image entry compatible string

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Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 08:14:46 -0600
From: Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
To: Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@...omium.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/make_fit: Drop fdt image entry compatible string

Hi,

On Tue, 28 May 2024 at 02:52, Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> According to the FIT image source file format document found in U-boot [1]
> and the split-out FIT image specification [2], under "'/images' node" ->
> "Conditionally mandatory property", the "compatible" property is described
> as "compatible method for loading image", i.e., not the compatible string
> embedded in the FDT or used for matching.
>
> Drop the compatible string from the fdt image entry node.
>
> While at it also fix up a typo in the document section of output_dtb.
>
> [1] U-boot source "doc/usage/fit/source_file_format.rst", or on the website:
>     https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/usage/fit/source_file_format.html
> [2] https://github.com/open-source-firmware/flat-image-tree/blob/main/source/chapter2-source-file-format.rst
>
> Fixes: 7a23b027ec17 ("arm64: boot: Support Flat Image Tree")
> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wenst@...omium.org>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - Add clear reference to U-boot docs along with excerpt
> - Send separately from "disable compression for DTBs" patch
>
>  scripts/make_fit.py | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>