[U-Boot] [PATCH] Makefile: Update minimum dtc version to 1.4.3

[Tom Rini]

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 11:33:23AM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 09/15/2017 11:15 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
> >With support for overlays and calling the -@ flag to dtc we need to have
> >at least 1.4.3 available now.
> 
> >diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> 
> >  checkdtc:
> >-	@if test $(call dtc-version) -lt 0104; then \
> >-		echo '*** Your dtc is too old, please upgrade to dtc 1.4 or newer'; \
> >+	@if test $(call dtc-version) -lt 010403; then \
> >+		echo '*** Your dtc is too old, please upgrade to dtc 1.4.3 or newer'; \
> >  		false; \
> >  	fi
> 
> Can we add a comment here indicating that .travis.yml must be
> updated too if the version requirement changes, and similarly a
> comment in .travis.yml that mentions it must be kept in sync with
> the checkdtc rule in Makefile?

I'm planning to follow up https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/813888/
with one to do -b v1.4.3 so we'll be testing the minimum requirement in
the future.

> For users, it's a bit annoying that we need a newer dtc that is
> present in distros, without any deprecation warning from the
> Makefile for a couple releases before:-(

Well, the other ways to do this are "mirror" the kernel and include a
copy of dtc, or have different version checks for if UT_OVERLAY is
enabled or not.

-- 
Tom
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