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Subject: Re: version control for dts/dtb?
From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
To: marty <leisner@rochester.rr.com>
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On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 12:44, marty wrote:
> Is there a  wy to figure out the version of the dtb file I'm  using?
> At a minimum, it would be useful to have a node with the conversion time 
> stuck somewhere...
> 
> I ran dtc to convert binary to source, but that isn't necessarily what I 
> wanted to look at -- just a single date
> code would be sufficient...
> 
> marty


There is currently no direct version stamp in the
DTS or DTB files.  You may be able to derive some
knowledge by running a DTB file through the DTC
with the input file as "dtb" and looking at an
output file of DTS, though.  That is, "-I dtb -O dts"
and looking at it.

HTH,
jdl