From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A12DDE3B for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 05:55:20 +1100 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20071030234011.GE2784@localhost.localdomain> References: <4727665E.1070109@ge.com> <20071030234011.GE2784@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: From: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: libfdt as its own repo and submodule of dtc? Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 01:55:30 -0500 To: David Gibson 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 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). - k