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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Fix segfault in DTC
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:05:33 -0600
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To: Jon Loeliger <jdl-CYoMK+44s/E@public.gmane.org>
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On 09/28/2012 12:53 PM, Jon Loeliger wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah, seems like the kernel DTC is quite old.
>>
>> FYI, I'm working on a patch to the kernel to bring in the latest dtc.
> 
> Awesome.  Thank you.
> 
>> I've run a regression test vs. the old dtc in the kernel ...
> 
> Which is the icky step.  Again, thank you.
> 
>> ... and found that
>> some of the PowerPC .dts files don't compile with the new dtc (but did
>> with the old), all due to non-existent labels/paths being referenced.
>> I'll try and track down whether this is a regression in dtc, or simply
>> buggy .dts files that weren't noticed before.
> 
> I think you should just smack the PowerPC guys. :-)

For the record in this thread, it was a regression I introduced into dtc
- the patch I just sent was for this.

>> Everything non-PowerPC works fine, and most PowerPC files work fine.
>> Where compilation succeeds, the md5sum of the .dtb is identical in every
>> case.

... and with that patch, every .dts in the kernel compiles to the same
md5sum before/after.