From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:56:24 +1100 From: David Gibson To: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: libfdt as its own repo and submodule of dtc? Message-ID: <20071031225624.GB16119@localhost.localdomain> References: <4727665E.1070109@ge.com> <20071030234011.GE2784@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Cc: linux-ppc list , Jon Loeliger , Jerry Van Baren List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 01:55:30AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2007, at 6:40 PM, David Gibson wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 01:14:06PM -0400, Jerry Van Baren wrote: > >> Jon Loeliger wrote: > >>> So, like, the other day Kumar Gala mumbled: > >>>> Jon, > >>>> > >>>> It seems like have libfdt as a unique git repo that is a > >>>> submodule of > >>>> the things that need it (dtc, u-boot, etc.) might make some > >>>> sense and it > >>>> easier for the projects that need to pull it in. > >>>> > >>>> Is this something you can take a look at? (or have other ideas on). > >>> I would be fine with making libfdt a git repository separate > >>> from the DTC repository if that makes it easier to integrate > >>> it with other projects. > > > > I don't think it's a good idea to make dtc and libfdt entirely > > seperate repositories (again). Being able to use both together in > > their combined testsuite is very useful (libfdt is used to check trees > > generated by dtc, dtc is used to generate example trees for libfdt > > testing). > > > > I'm not sure how submodules/subrepositories work so I don't know if > > that makes sense. > > I believe submodules will accomplish this (at least from what I can > tell). I'm not too keen on using a git feature that's more recent than the git in most distros. -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson