[U-Boot-Users] libfdt release?

[Wolfgang Grandegger]

Kumar Gala wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> Can you tell me where we stand on changes/additions to libfdt vs u- 
> boot.  I'd really like to see an updated libfdt imported into u-boot  
> for the next window and am happy to work on the u-boot modifications  
> as long as I understand what exactly they are.
> 
> Having fdt_get_name() and fdt_get_path() will be really useful for  
> some fixup of device node code I've got and will allow us to drop the  
> hard coded/explicit PATHs to nodes from <config.h>.
> 
> I'd rather see us take a clean libfdt drop rather than pulling in  
> bits and pieces.

Yes, that would be nice but the libfdt for U-Boot may still need to be 
extended, especially for dynamic configuration. Therefore I would 
appreciate a discussion on what else we need for that purpose and how we 
handle (separate) common and extended libfdt functions for U-Boot. For 
the dynamic configuration, I'm clearly in favor of function names 
similar to the one commonly used in Linux (with the prefix fdt:):

   of_find_node_by_path
   of_find_node_by_type
   of_find_node_by_phandle
   of_find_compatible_node
   of_device_is_compatible
   of_get_property

Wolfgang.