Re: [RFC PATCH 02/10] MIPS: Octeon: Add device tree source files.

[David Gibson]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 05:57:43PM -0800, David Daney wrote:
> On 02/23/2011 03:49 PM, David Gibson wrote:
> >On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:06:30AM -0800, David Daney wrote:
> >>On 02/22/2011 04:07 PM, David Gibson wrote:
> >>>On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:57:46PM -0800, David Daney wrote:
> >>>>Signed-off-by: David Daney<ddaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>---
> >>>>  arch/mips/cavium-octeon/.gitignore      |    2 +
> >>>>  arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Makefile        |   13 ++
> >>>>  arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon_3xxx.dts |  314 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>  arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon_68xx.dts |   99 ++++++++++
> >>>>  4 files changed, 428 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >>>>  create mode 100644 arch/mips/cavium-octeon/.gitignore
> >>>>  create mode 100644 arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon_3xxx.dts
> >>>>  create mode 100644 arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon_68xx.dts
> >>>>
> >>>>diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/.gitignore b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/.gitignore
> >>>>new file mode 100644
> >>>>index 0000000..39c9686
> >>>>--- /dev/null
> >>>>+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/.gitignore
> >>>>@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> >>>>+*.dtb.S
> >>>
> >>>.dtb.S?
> >>
> >>I think I have the correct .gitignore syntax.
> >
> >What I meant was, where are you generating .dtb.S files that you need
> >to ignore them?
> >
> 
> They are a byproduct of $(call cmd,dtc).
> 
> Normally make removes them automatically, but if you abort at just
> the right time, they can be left around.
> 
> If it is objectionable, I can just remove that .gitignore bit.

No, if they're byproducts of cmd,dtc they should be there.  I'm just a
bit baffled as to why cmd,dtc would produce such byproducts.  dtc
itself will convert dts -> dtb without any extraneous intermediate
steps.

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