From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave.martin@linaro.org (Dave Martin) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:52:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: devicetree: Add .dtb files to arch/arm/boot/.gitignore In-Reply-To: <20120131114659.GE2085@linaro.org> References: <1327945574-7977-1-git-send-email-dave.martin@linaro.org> <20120131032022.GC24681@S2101-09.ap.freescale.net> <20120131114659.GE2085@linaro.org> Message-ID: <20120131115256.GG2085@linaro.org> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:46:59AM +0000, Dave Martin wrote: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:20:24AM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 05:46:14PM +0000, Dave Martin wrote: > > > Compiled device tree blobs shouldn't be committed in the kernel > > > tree, so ideally git should ignore them. > > > > > > This patch will enable ignoring of any .dtb files which appear in > > > arch/arm/boot/ > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Dave Martin > > > > Acked-by: Shawn Guo > > > > I added my ack tag on the same patch below, but it died in the end? > > > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel/144097 > > I don't mind too much which patch goes in -- do we care about whether > other .dtb files can be included in the kernel? > > > I would suggest that it is just plain wrong for _binary_ devicetree > blobs to appear in the kernel tree, since there is a readily usable > source form for the same thing (this isn't firmware) > > Do we think that the '.dtb' filename extension might get used foro > something else? Never mind, it looks like Grant merged my patch anyway. Cheers ---Dave