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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:08:25 +0100
Subject: [U-Boot] device tree compilation problems.
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Dear Simon Glass,

In message <CAPnjgZ3s2+w0PPyUh8c4JqgSEmSbZwWDeqBqUWKz_Bf1O0O6UQ@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> >  $(DT_BIN): $(TOPDIR)/board/$(VENDOR)/dts/$(DEVICE_TREE).dts
> > -       cat $< | $(CPP) -P $(DTS_CPPFLAGS) - >$@.tmp
> > -       $(DTC) -R 4 -p 0x1000 -O dtb -o ${DT_BIN} $@.tmp
> > -       rm $@.tmp
...
> The lines above are running the .dts file through the C proprocessor
> to create a tmp file, which is then compiled. It is only really used
> to get the name of the SOC's device tree include file - see the
> definition of DTS_CPPFLAGS.

Is there actually any reason for the "cat" (the UUOCA seems to be
extinct these days, cf. http://partmaps.org/era/unix/award.html) and
the tmp file?

Why not rewriting as

	$(CPP) -P $(DTS_CPPFLAGS) < $< | \
	$(DTC) -R 4 -p 0x1000 -O dtb -o ${DT_BIN} -

?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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