Hi Alexandre, On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 01:55:55PM +0100, Alexandre Torgue wrote: >On 2/28/20 6:47 PM, Frank Rowand wrote: >> > This would require modifying every single main .dts file to get the build info >> > I would prefer the method that Ian and David came up with (sorry, no lore link, >> > it did not go to lkml). Extract from David's email: >> > >> > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 13:05:25 +1100 >> > From: David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] dtc: Add dtb build information option >> > >> > > Given that dts files are run through the C preprocessor before being >> > > fed to dtc, the build script could use the '-include' flag to force- >> > > include a fragment containing generated build info without any need to >> > > modify existing dts files. >> > >> > Uh... maybe. -include will essentially prepend the forced file, which >> > is a bit awkward for our purposes. It means that the prepended file >> > would need the /dts-v1/ tag, and we couldn't have it in the main files >> > which would be a bit confusing. I think it would also cause problems >> > with any /memreserve/ tags and means that the main tree could in >> > theory overwrite the build information which we don't necessarily >> > want. >> > >> > I guess we could build things the other way around: have the main .dts >> > file specified with -include and have the dts on the dtc commandline >> > be a fixed one with the build information. It'd be a little weird, >> > though. >> > >> > -Frank > >Yes. I try briefly this idea but I got issues with dts-v1 tag. I agree, it is >cleaner to not modify input dts file. I can rework int this way. Have you made any progress on this please? Cheers, -- Steve McIntyre steve.mcintyre@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.linaro.org/> Linaro.org | Open source software for ARM SoCs