Re: [PATCH V7 4/6] kbuild: Add support to build overlays (%.dtbo)

[Viresh Kumar]

On 05-02-21, 10:02, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Viresh,
> 
> Thanks for your patch
> (which I only noticed because it appeared in dt-rh/for-next ;-)
> 
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 8:31 AM Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Add support for building DT overlays (%.dtbo). The overlay's source file
> > will have the usual extension, i.e. .dts, though the blob will have
> 
> Why use .dts and not .dtso for overlays?
> Because you originally (until v5) had a single rule for building .dtb
> and .dtbo files?

I am fine with doing that as well if Rob and David agree to it. Rob
did suggest that at one point but we didn't do much about it later on
for some reason.

FWIW, this will also require a change in the DTC compiler.

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viresh