[PATCH 2/3] dts: Add ability to build DTOs only from arch/$(ARCH)/dts

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Sat Oct 5 03:18:16 CEST 2024


On 10/4/24 7:40 AM, Sumit Garg wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 at 07:15, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/3/24 9:58 AM, Sumit Garg wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>>> IMHO, the OF_UPSTREAM migration can wait until all the required DT
>>>>> sources (.dts and .dtso) are present upstream. If we start to mix and
>>>>> match DT sources then it is going to turn into maintainers' hardship
>>>>> again. However, I am still open to further convincing arguments for
>>>>> this.
>>>> With some Linux kernel architectures, it takes months to get a singular
>>>> patch review out of the maintainers.
>>>
>>> Okay I see the pain but we already have that rule for .dts files for
>>> OF_UPSTREAM switch but having a different rule for .dtso files is
>>> going to make maintainability complex.
>>
>> What kind of rule is that ?
>>
>> If the rule for .dts files is either dts/upstream or arch/*/dts, then
>> the rule for .dtso is either dts/upstream+fallback to arch/*/dts or only
>> arch/*/dts .
> 
> Yeah that the rule difference we will have after this patch for .dtso
> but I can live with that given it being gated behind the Kconfig
> option below.
Should be fixed in V2.


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