Re: [PATCH 1/2] of: change overlay apply input data from EDT to FDT

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 8:53 PM,  <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Move duplicating and unflattening of an overlay flattened devicetree
>> (FDT) into the overlay application code.  To accomplish this,
>> of_overlay_apply() is replaced by of_overlay_fdt_apply().
>>
>> The copy of the FDT (aka "duplicate FDT") now belongs to devicetree
>> code, which is thus responsible for freeing the duplicate FDT.  The
>> caller of of_overlay_fdt_apply() remains responsible for freeing the
>> original FDT.
>>
>> The unflattened device tree (aka expanded device tree, EDT) now
>
> Not really a fan of a new acronym.

FWIW, it has already sneaked in:

$ git grep -w EDT -- drivers/of
drivers/of/unittest.c:   * will create pointers to the passed in FDT in the EDT.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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