On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:21:21 +1100 Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Woodhouse writes: > > > I think this is a bad idea -- it's hardly a difficult for those people > > who _do_ need dts to obtain it separately. > > The trouble is that it's not just people who are making a kernel for a > specific embedded board that need dtc. These days anyone who wants to > try cross-compiling a powerpc kernel and does a make allyesconfig, or > who picks cell_defconfig or ps3_defconfig to try, needs dtc if their > kernel build is to go all the way through and give them an exit status > of 0. I can see that for people who are trying to do the right thing > and compile-test their patch across architectures, it's annoying that > powerpc has an extra external requirement when no other architecture > does, and it usually just means they don't compile-test on powerpc. > > Of the various options for solving this, including dtc in the kernel > sources seems best to me. Using that same reasoning, should we merge a mkimage patch for the boards that use U-Boot? (That's a serious question, not a smart-ass response) josh _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev