From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: deviceree-compiler@vger.kernel.org
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Subject: DTC 1.8.0 released
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 19:14:19 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ahVka0oWJ3RApioU@zatzit> (raw)
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DTC 1.8.0
Changes since v1.7.2 include:
* dtc
- Add informative error for stray identifiers (e.g. unexpanded macros)
- Better decompiling of plugins
- Restore labels from __symbols__ node when possible
- Restore phandle references from __local_fixups__ and __fixups__
when possible
- Improve type guessing when compiling to dts format
- Add only new data to fixup nodes instead of complete regeneration
* libfdt
- Add fdt_setprop_namelen() and fdt_setprop_namelen_string()
- Add fdt_get_property_namelen_w()
- Add fdt_find_string_len_()
- Introduce fdt_downgrade_version()
- Verify alignment of sub-blocks in dtb
- Handle FDT_NOP tags before FDT_END in fdt_check_full()
- Document most remaining functions in libfdt.h
- Standardise "returns:" annotation in documentation
* checks
- Warn about missing #address-cells for interrupt parents
- Relax avoid_unnecessary_addr_size to allow child ranges properties
- Fix detection of 'i2c-bus' child node
- Remove check for graph child addresses (redundant with schema validation)
- Do not check overlays for alias paths
* fdtdump
- Remove overly strict dtb version check
* pylibfdt
- Fix backwards compatibility of return values with SWIG v4.3
- Port python bindings to build natively via meson and meson-python
* Build
- Deprecate Makefile in favor of Meson
- Support building libfdt without static library
- Don't build test programs by default
- Fix -Dtools=false build
- Add FreeBSD and non-GNU linker compatibility
* CI
- Add macOS build to GitHub Actions
- Add Cirrus CI for FreeBSD testing
- Add GitLab CI for Linux builds
- Update GitHub Actions ubuntu runner to 24.04
- Skip swig install for mingw32 Windows build
* Tests
- Add compatibility with uutils (Rust coreutils)
- Mark .so from asm output as non-executable stack (glibc-2.41 compat)
* General
- Consider drive letters when checking absolute paths on Windows
- Add AI contribution guidelines
- Assorted bugfixes and cleanups
- Add clang-format config
- Add SBOM file in CycloneDX format
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