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From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
To: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
Cc: Qun-Wei Lin <qun-wei.lin@mediatek.com>,
	matthias.bgg@gmail.com, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, casper.li@mediatek.com,
	chinwen.chang@mediatek.com, kuan-ying.lee@mediatek.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: dtc: fix a false alarm for node_name_chars_strict
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 16:49:14 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220531214914.GA2388344-robh@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8d4b8cc3-8433-24f9-1fc5-12d71e640952@gmail.com>

On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 04:43:18PM -0400, Frank Rowand wrote:
> On 5/31/22 01:33, Qun-Wei Lin wrote:
> > The function check_node_name_chars_strict issues a false alarm when
> > compiling an overlay dts.
> > 
> > /fragment@0/__overlay__: Character '_' not recommended in node name
> > 
> > This workaround will fix it by skip checking for node named __overlay__.
> 
> This is not a false alarm.
> 
> Do not special case node name "__overlay__".  This node name should never
> occur in a modern overlay source file.

A dtbo -> dts pass will give warnings, so handling these nodes is 
worthwhile. Though thinking a bit more about it, I think this one is off 
by default, but W=2 turns it on.

Rob

  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-31 21:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-31  5:33 [PATCH] scripts: dtc: fix a false alarm for node_name_chars_strict Qun-Wei Lin
2022-05-31 13:06 ` Rob Herring
2022-05-31 20:43 ` Frank Rowand
2022-05-31 21:49   ` Rob Herring [this message]
2022-06-01  1:45     ` Frank Rowand
     [not found]       ` <b054866a5c043d3b6d5553057b5f5bf7b06681f0.camel@mediatek.com>
2022-06-02  3:07         ` Frank Rowand

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