On 20.2.2013 22:05, Stephen Warren wrote: > From: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx> > > The recent dtc+cpp support allows header files and C pre-processor > defines/macros to be used when compiling device tree files. These > headers will typically define various constants that are part of the > device tree bindings. > > The original patch which set up the dtc+cpp include path only considered > using those headers from device tree files. However, they are also > useful for kernel code which needs to interpret the device tree. > > In both the DT files and the kernel, I'd like to include the DT-related > headers in the same way, for example, <dt-bindings/gpio/tegra-gpio.h>. > That will simplify any text which discusses the DT header locations. > > Creating a <dt-bindings/> for kernel source to use is as simple as > placing files into include/dt-bindings/. > > However, when compiling DT files, the include path should be restricted > so that only the dt-bindings path is available; arbitrary kernel headers > shouldn't be exposed. For this reason, create a specific include > directory for use by dtc+cpp, and symlink dt-bindings from there to the > actual location of include/dt-bindings/. For want of a better location, > place this "include chroot" into the existing dts/ directory. Nice trick. dts+cpp only sees the bindings and LINUXINCLUDE is not polluted either. You can add Acked-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> if you like. Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
