Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/2] linux: add support for device tree overlays

From: Michael Walle via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>
To: "Niklas Cassel" <Niklas.Cassel@wdc.com>
Cc: "buildroot@buildroot.org" <buildroot@buildroot.org>,
	"Kilian Zinnecker" <kilian.zinnecker@mail.de>,
	"Damien Le Moal" <dlemoal@kernel.org>,
	"Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
	"Niklas Cassel" <cassel@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/2] linux: add support for device tree overlays
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:03:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <D6AHJX8GO6HT.3K4SPRXLX14U4@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Z1wC0zRgrhS0jl52@ryzen>

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Hi Niklas,

> > But I've just tested both compiling .dts and .dtso from within a
> > vendor directory and it seems to be working on next-20241213 (?).
>
> If you say that copying to arch/<arch>/dts/<vendor>/ is still working, then
> most likely it is only copying to arch/<arch>/dts that is no longer working.

Copying it to dts/ was wrong for arch's which had a subdir structure
anyway.

>
> I still think that this patch can be merged as is.
>
> Once the BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH mess has been sorted, someone could
> add support for out-of-tree device tree overlays, if anyone wants/needs that.

Well, that was actually the intention of my patch :)

> Adding support for in-tree device tree overlays now, does not make life harder
> for anyone if they want to add support for out-of-tree device tree overlays in
> the future.

Agreed.

-michael

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