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

Jerry Van Baren vanbargw at gmail.com
Thu Oct 25 01:05:01 CEST 2007


Kumar Gala wrote:
> 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

Ahh, right, the brain was shorted, too much caffeine, too little 
caffeine, its hard to get it balanced.

My re-reading reminded me - question for Wolfgang Denk - are Doxygen 
tags in the source code acceptable?

Best regards,
gvb




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