On 11/20/2013 10:08 AM, Jason Cooper wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 02:58:05PM -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 11/19/2013 02:27 PM, Jason Cooper wrote:
>>> Unlike other build products in the Linux kernel, there is no 'make
>>> *install' mechanism to put devicetree blobs in a standard place.
>>>
>>> This patch is an attempt to fix this problem. Akin to 'make install',
>>> this creates a new make target, dtbs_install. The script that gets
>>> called defers to a distribution or user supplied installdtbs binary,
>>> if found in the system. Otherwise, the default action is to install a
>>> given dtb into
>>>
>>> /lib/modules/${kernel_version}/devicetree/${dts_filename}.dtb
>>
>> I still don't see why you wouldn't install the files in
>> /lib/devicetrees, but I suppose that location is fine.
>
> Hmm, after sleeping on it a night, I've come around. If we install to
> /lib/devicetree/${kernel_version}/, then when the devicetree moves to
> it's own repo, it should be able to install to /lib/devicetree.
>
> So this:
> 1) hints at the still strong connection between a dtb and the kernel
> version
> 2) doesn't sound odd like installing dtbs into a modules directory
> 3) allows a future independent repository to install
> non-kernel-version-dependent dtbs in a sane location.
>
> I'm still not in favor of installing to /boot/anything since /boot is
> often a separate, small partition. I even set mine not to automount.
> The number and size of dtbs is only going to grow. Better to install
> them in a location with lots of space, and /lib is used to having the
> kernel modules installed in it.
Isn't installdtbs (the in-kernel version) typically installing to a
temporary staging directory, which is then packaged up by some process?
If you point DESTDIR/INSTALL_MOD_PATH/... at / when running it, or
install a custom /sbin/installdtbs that ignores the path and always
copies the files to /, then haven't you specifically opted in to /boot
being an available and appropriate location?
As such, I'm tending to agree with Grant that /boot/devicetrees/...
makes more sense that /lib/devicetrees/...; my use of "/lib" above was
simply me writing to fast and typing the wrong thing!
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