Re: [PATCH 1/6] kbuild: Allow DTB overlays to built from .dtso named source files

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 8:24 PM Andrew Davis <afd@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Currently DTB Overlays (.dtbo) are build from source files with the same
> extension (.dts) as the base DTs (.dtb). This may become confusing and
> even lead to wrong results. For example, a composite DTB (created from a
> base DTB and a set of overlays) might have the same name as one of the
> overlays that create it.
>
> Different files should be generated from differently named sources.
>  .dtb  <-> .dts
>  .dtbo <-> .dtso
>
> We do not remove the ability to compile DTBO files from .dts files here,
> only add a new rule allowing the .dtso file name. The current .dts named
> overlays can be renamed with time. After all have been renamed we can
> remove the other rule.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Davis <afd@xxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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