[PATCH 0/6] Attempt to enforce standard extensions for build output

Michael Walle michael at walle.cc
Thu Aug 24 16:55:52 CEST 2023


Hi,

>> > This series adjusts binman to enforce just 4 extensions for output
>> > images:
>> >
>> >    .bin
>> >    .rom
>> >    .itb
>> >    .img
>> >
>> > Other extensions will produce an error. With this rule observed,
>> > buildman
>> > can keep the required files.
>> 
>> How does this work? I didn't get all the patches from this series, 
>> which
>> makes
>> it really hard to review or ack the individual patches.
>> 
>> Are we just whitelisting any files with these extension? Honestly, 
>> this
>> sounds like an arbitrary restriction to me. But maybe I'm missing some
>> context.
> 
> You can see the full series here:
> 
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/?series=370121

I know the archives/patchwork. All I was saying is that sending just 
parts
of a patch series to specific ppl doesn't make any sense, because you 
always
miss the context and for that you have to look at the archives.

-michael


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