From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Martin Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: devicetree: Add .dtb files to arch/arm/boot/.gitignore Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:46:59 +0000 Message-ID: <20120131114659.GE2085@linaro.org> References: <1327945574-7977-1-git-send-email-dave.martin@linaro.org> <20120131032022.GC24681@S2101-09.ap.freescale.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120131032022.GC24681-rvtDTF3kK1ictlrPMvKcciBecyulp+rMXqFh9Ls21Oc@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: Shawn Guo Cc: devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org, patches-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, Uwe Kleine-Konig List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org 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? Cheers ---Dave > > Regards, > Shawn > > > --- > > arch/arm/boot/.gitignore | 1 + > > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/.gitignore b/arch/arm/boot/.gitignore > > index ce1c5ff..3c79f85 100644 > > --- a/arch/arm/boot/.gitignore > > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/.gitignore > > @@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ zImage > > xipImage > > bootpImage > > uImage > > +*.dtb > > -- > > 1.7.4.1