[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] linux: build default dtbs if no specific source files given

Floris Bos bos at je-eigen-domein.nl
Thu Aug 16 21:11:26 UTC 2018


Hi,

On 08/16/2018 10:34 PM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello Floris,
>
> Thanks for this contribution. It definitely makes sense to support this.
>
> On Fri,  3 Aug 2018 18:27:54 +0200, Floris Bos wrote:
>> Currently if one wants to build dtbs, one has to specify which
>> dts source files to build exactly.
>> This is inconvenient, and some platforms use non-standard file
>> names that are currently not supported by buildroot.
>> (e.g. the overlay files in downstream Raspberry Pi kernel)
> Could you give some more specific example of those non-standard names ?
> Are we talking about .dtbo files ?

Yes.
Name of source file doesn't match installed file.

overlays/dwc2-overlay.dts -> overlays/dwc2.dbto

> I see one problem with see: no all architecture that support building
> dtbs have the dtbs_install target.

Would consider that a bug in the architecture's Makefile.

> Can we install all *.dtb* for example ?

Don't think that will deal with the "-overlay" in my example.



Yours sincerely,

Floris Bos




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