[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] uboot-tools: add missing dependency on host-dtc for the host package

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Thomas, All,

On 2016-05-05 23:38 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Thu, 5 May 2016 23:27:16 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > However, given how pervasive DTC is becoming, I think it would kinda
> > make sense to have a mkimage that supports DT every time (I hope that
> > adding DT support to mkimage does not remove functionality, does it?)
> 
> Read again in which cases mkimage needs host-dtc. It is *NOT* related
> to Device Tree at all. It is related to the FIT image format, which
> happens to rely on the Device Tree syntax and compiler, but has
> *nothing* to do with the Device Tree being used by the kernel to get a
> description of the HW.

Oh, OK.

/me unconsciously associated dtc with generating DTB. But if it can be
used for other things as well...

Then option 2 is the best solution IMHO.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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