From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Gibson Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Character literal parsing Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:44:40 +1000 Message-ID: <20110720134440.GL6399@yookeroo.fritz.box> References: <1308871239-32683-1-git-send-email-robotboy@chromium.org> <8yawrgb3smr.fsf@huya.qualcomm.com> <8yafwmz3pg3.fsf@huya.qualcomm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8yafwmz3pg3.fsf-AOX6H5vLt3Uj8izMo0bVsAC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org Sender: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org To: David Brown Cc: Anton Staaf , devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 02:11:08PM -0700, David Brown wrote: > On Fri, Jun 24 2011, Anton Staaf wrote: > = > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:02 PM, David Brown wr= ote: > > > > > > Does this mean that the dtc inside the kernel is going to be the > > required tool to use to build device trees? =A0This change doesn't = change > > the DTB format, so it's as much of a concern, but was wondering if = we're > > intending to keep things compatible. > > > > > > To be honest, I don't know enough to say either way. =A0I am using the = character > > literals in a device tree that is used to configure a single firmware i= mage for > > multiple boards. =A0That device tree is not currently passed on to the = kernel. > > > > Your question makes me think that there are two device tree compilers t= hat I > > should be paying attention to, is that the case? =A0Or was it a more ge= neral > > comment about diverging from a historic syntax for device tree source f= iles? > = > Both, really. There is a dtc at > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/galak/dtc.git but it seems > older than the one in the kernel. > = > Also, the dts form is defined in the ePAPR documents, and this would be > a (minor) divergence from that. That's fine as long as the change is backwards compatible. -- = David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson