[PATCH 0/6] binman: Template fixes and improvements

[Neha Malcom Francis]

Hi Simon

On 21/07/23 21:37, Simon Glass wrote:
> With the basic template feature in place, some problems have come to
> light.
> 
> Firstly, keeping the template around while processing entries seems
> unnecessary and perhaps confusing, so this is removed.
> 
> Secondly this series aims to support phandles in a more intuitive way,
> rather than just ignoring them in templates. It includes an experimental
> patch to copy phandles from template so that it is possible to so
> something like:
> 
>     template {
>        some_node: some-node {
>        };
>     };
> 
>     image {
>        insert-template = <&template>;
>     };
> 
> with the some_node phandle being copied to the 'image' node, to result in:
> 
>     image {
>        insert-template = <&template>;
> 
>        some_node: some-node {
>        };
>     };
> 
> 

Thanks for this patch series! I will try using this.

> 
> Simon Glass (6):
>    binman: Produce a template-file after processing
>    dtoc: Make properties dirty when purging them
>    dtoc: Add some debugging when copying nodes
>    fdt: Allow copying phandles into templates
>    binman: Remove templates after use
>    WIP: binman: Support templates containing phandles
> 
>   tools/binman/binman.rst                    |  8 +++-
>   tools/binman/control.py                    | 32 ++++++++++++--
>   tools/binman/ftest.py                      | 31 +++++++++++++
>   tools/binman/test/291_template_phandle.dts | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>   tools/dtoc/fdt.py                          |  9 +++-
>   tools/dtoc/test/dtoc_test_copy.dts         |  6 ++-
>   tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py                     | 34 ++++++++++-----
>   7 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 tools/binman/test/291_template_phandle.dts
> 

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Thanking You
Neha Malcom Francis