Re: [RFC PATCH 00/77] Add support for dtb metadata and addon device-trees

From: David Gibson

Date: Thu Jan 15 2026 - 02:11:19 EST


On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 11:08:51AM +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 03:18:50PM +0100, Herve Codina wrote:
> > This big picture series adds support for dtb metadata and addon
> > device-trees.
>
> Oof. So, I lobbied for (at least aspects of) this approach, I think
> it's a better idea than more ad-hoc extensions to overlays.
>
> Now I'm reaping what I sowed: reviewing 77 patches for dtc/libfdt is
> going to be a real challenge - I've been struggling to find time to
> review a 6 patch series for months. Well, I guess we'll see what we
> can do.

Jsyk

In line with the above, the review I've done so far is, deliberately,
a shallow, first-pass approach. I'm looking primarily at the commit
messages rather than code, and I'm focussing on generalities and
reviewability, rather than details.

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