From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Andrew Davis <afd@ti.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>,
devicetree-compiler@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checks: Do not check overlays for alias paths
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:56:56 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aKvC6Puxv8mGEE4w@zatzit> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250822171038.190122-1-afd@ti.com>
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On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 12:10:38PM -0500, Andrew Davis wrote:
> The path given as an alias inside an overlay can be a path to a node
> in the base DT. The path check searches only the overlay as that is
> the only tree available leading to false check failures.
>
> Skip this check when checking an overlay.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Davis <afd@ti.com>
Applied, thanks. If you have a chance, adding a testcase for this
would be nice.
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