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From: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] uboot-tools: add missing dependency on host-dtc for the host package
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 23:44:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160505214432.GC4367@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160505233851.26f9854f@free-electrons.com>

Thomas, All,

On 2016-05-05 23:38 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Thu, 5 May 2016 23:27:16 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > However, given how pervasive DTC is becoming, I think it would kinda
> > make sense to have a mkimage that supports DT every time (I hope that
> > adding DT support to mkimage does not remove functionality, does it?)
> 
> Read again in which cases mkimage needs host-dtc. It is *NOT* related
> to Device Tree at all. It is related to the FIT image format, which
> happens to rely on the Device Tree syntax and compiler, but has
> *nothing* to do with the Device Tree being used by the kernel to get a
> description of the HW.

Oh, OK.

/me unconsciously associated dtc with generating DTB. But if it can be
used for other things as well...

Then option 2 is the best solution IMHO.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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  reply	other threads:[~2016-05-05 21:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-04 14:38 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] uboot-tools: add missing dependency on host-dtc for the host package Carlos Santos
2016-05-05 20:09 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-05-05 20:17   ` Peter Korsgaard
2016-05-05 21:40     ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-05-05 20:32   ` Carlos Santos
2016-05-05 20:36     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-05-05 21:27     ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-05-05 21:38       ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-05-05 21:44         ` Yann E. MORIN [this message]
2016-05-06 12:02           ` Carlos Santos
2016-05-06 11:59 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 " Carlos Santos
2016-05-06 13:25   ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-05-08 19:39     ` Carlos Santos
2016-05-08 19:46   ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v3] uboot-tools: fix FIT support and make it optional Carlos Santos
2016-05-08 19:46     ` Carlos Santos
2016-05-28 13:07       ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-05-31 17:33         ` Carlos Santos
2016-05-31 19:01           ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-05-31 19:40             ` Carlos Santos
2016-05-31 19:48               ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-06-01 14:39     ` [Buildroot] [PATCH next 0/4] uboot-tools: fix support for Flat Image Trees (FIT) Carlos Santos
2016-06-01 14:39       ` [Buildroot] [PATCH next 1/4] uboot-tools: use $(TARGET_STRIP) for target utilities Carlos Santos
2016-06-01 14:39       ` [Buildroot] [PATCH next 2/4] uboot-tools: improve the help text of existing options Carlos Santos
2016-06-01 14:39       ` [Buildroot] [PATCH next 3/4] uboot-tools: re-generate patches to match v2016.05 Carlos Santos
2016-06-01 14:39       ` [Buildroot] [PATCH next 4/4] uboot-tools: fix FIT support and make it optional Carlos Santos
2016-06-01 15:08         ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-06-03 19:35         ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v4] " Carlos Santos
2016-06-07  2:25           ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v5] util-linux: rework utilities menu for finer control Carlos Santos
2016-07-05 15:11             ` Romain Naour
2016-07-06  2:43               ` Carlos Santos
2016-07-06  2:55                 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v6] " Carlos Santos
2016-07-06 21:54                   ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-07-08 20:33                     ` Carlos Santos
2016-07-08 20:52                       ` Yann E. MORIN
2016-07-10  1:16                         ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v7 0/3] util-linux: cleanups, additions and reworked utilities menu Carlos Santos
2016-07-10  1:16                           ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v7 1/3] util-linux: clean up libraries and tools selections Carlos Santos
2016-10-16 13:55                             ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-07-10  1:16                           ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v6] util-linux: rework utilities menu for finer control Carlos Santos
2016-07-10  1:16                           ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v7 2/3] util-linux: expand selection of libraries and utilities Carlos Santos
2016-10-16 13:56                             ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-07-10  1:16                           ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v7 3/3] util-linux: rework utilities menu for finer control Carlos Santos
2016-10-16 14:02                             ` Thomas Petazzoni
2016-06-07 21:12           ` [Buildroot] [PATCH v4] uboot-tools: fix FIT support and make it optional Thomas Petazzoni
2016-06-01 15:07       ` [Buildroot] [PATCH next 0/4] uboot-tools: fix support for Flat Image Trees (FIT) Thomas Petazzoni

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