From: David Gibson <david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely-s3s/WqlpOiPyB63q8FvJNQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Devicetree Discuss
<devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: diff-ing two device tree
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:38:16 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110909003816.GX30278@yookeroo.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110908182753.GK2967-e0URQFbLeQY2iJbIjFUEsiwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org>
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 11:27:53AM -0700, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 10:31:59AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> > Do we have a utility that can diff two device trees. What I'm
> > looking for is something that has some context awareness. It can
> > deal with (p)handle values being different, properties in a node in
> > different order, etc.
>
> I hacked something together which sorts the two trees and then diffs
> the output, but that is rather a hack.
You mean like the "dtdiff" script that's in the dtc repo...
> I don't think anyone has put
> together a context sensitive dt diff tool.
What would you envisage this tool doing?
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2011-09-08 15:31 diff-ing two device tree Kumar Gala
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2011-09-08 17:41 ` Simon Glass
2011-09-08 18:27 ` Grant Likely
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2011-09-09 0:38 ` David Gibson [this message]
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