From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from AGRXSUSMAILB.smiths.aero (host241-chi.smiths-group.com [65.216.75.241]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54C76DDDCA for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:02:22 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <45DAF156.40604@smiths-aerospace.com> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:02:14 -0500 From: Jerry Van Baren MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Gibson , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] libfdt: problems with real life blobs References: <45D9E5D9.6060704@smiths-aerospace.com> <20070219234631.GD17818@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20070219234631.GD17818@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , David Gibson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 01:00:57PM -0500, Jerry Van Baren wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> I've been trying to use your libfdt in u-boot and my first step, get a >> value from the blob, failed terminally. After poking about a bit, it >> appears that your libfdt and Jon Loeliger's dtc (-V 16) disagree with >> respect to the format of the blob - libfdt won't traverse the path. > > That's certainly bad. > >> I've created two patches: > > Ug. Damn. Trouble is, for IBM paranoid procedural reasons, I'm not > really in a position to accept patches for libfdt from outside at > present. I'm already working on fixing that, but there being a > ponderous bureaucracy involved, it's going to take a little while. That's OK, just call it "the illustration of advice formerly known as a patch." I just hope I didn't poison the well. ;-) Seriously, I don't claim copyright on the changes, that would be inappropriate their trivial nature. I do understand IBM's paranoia, however. }:-( gvb