libfdt as its own repo and submodule of dtc?

Jerry Van Baren gerald.vanbaren at ge.com
Wed Oct 31 04:14:06 EST 2007


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.
> 
> jdl

That sounds like a good idea to me.  I would really prefer pulling 
patches out of a libfdt repo into the u-boot repo rather than trying to 
kerchunk upgrade lumps.  While we can do this with a dtc repo, it 
potentially makes it a lot more difficult.

gvb



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