Re: [PATCH V5 3/5] scripts: dtc: Remove the unused fdtdump.c file

[Viresh Kumar]

On 21-01-21, 11:44, David Gibson wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 12:36:45PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > This was copied from external DTC repository long back and isn't used
> > anymore. Over that the dtc tool can be used to generate the dts source
> > back from the dtb. Remove the unused fdtdump.c file.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Doesn't this make updating the kernel dtc from upstream needlessly
> more difficult?

Hmm, I am not sure I understand the concern well. The kernel keeps a
list of files[1] it needs to automatically copy (using a script) from
the upstream dtc repo and fdtdump.c was never part of that. Keeping it
there isn't going to make any difficulty I believe.

-- 
viresh

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/dtc/update-dtc-source.sh