[U-Boot-Users] [RFC libfdt update][PATCH 1/2] Removed some nonused fdt functions and moved fdt_find_and_setprop out of libfdt

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Oct 24 20:04:09 CEST 2007


On Oct 24, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Jerry Van Baren wrote:

> Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
>> Kumar Gala wrote:
>>> Removed:
>>> 	fdt_node_is_compatible
>>> 	fdt_find_node_by_type
>>> 	fdt_find_compatible_node
>>>
>>> To ease merge of newer libfdt as we aren't using them anywhere at  
>>> this time.
>> I use them for development (new projects). When can we expect the  
>> new libfdt to be available in U-Boot?
>> Wolfgang.
>
> Hi Kumar, Wolfgang,
>
> My current thought is that we need a place above libfdt where we  
> can put our convenience (and difference-of-opinion ;-) utility  
> routines.
>
> I'm thinking
>   common/fdt_support.c
> would be the place for this.  Then Wolfgang G can put his fdt_*  
> kernel-parallel routines (above) in there as well as the utility  
> routine that Grant created (find & set, I forgot the exact name).

Agreed, I moved Grant's fdt_find_and_setprop into common/fdt_support.c

Also, realize there are equivalent functions to  
fdt_node_is_compatible, etc. in the new libfdt.

- k




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