On 14-03-21, 20:16, Frank Rowand wrote: > On 3/12/21 11:11 PM, Frank Rowand wrote: > > On 3/12/21 1:13 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote: > >> On 12-03-21, 01:09, Frank Rowand wrote: > >>> I suggested having the .dtso files include the .dts file because that is a relatively > >>> small and easy change to test. What would probably make more sense is the rename > >>> the existing overlay .dts files to be .dtso files and then for each overlay .dtso > >>> file create a new .dts file that #includes the corresponding .dtso file. This is > >>> more work and churn, but easier to document that the .dts files are a hack that is > >>> needed so that the corresponding .dtb.S files will be generated. > >> > >> What about creating links instead then ? > >> > > > > I don't really like the idea of using links here. > > > > Maybe it is best to make the changes needed to allow the unittest > > overlays to be .dtso instead of .dts. > > > > Off the top of my head: > > > > scripts/Makefile.lib: > > The rule for %.dtb.S invokes cmd_dt_S_dtb, which puts the > > overlay data in section .dtb.init.rodata, with a label > > pointing to the beginning of the overlay __dtb_XXX_begin and > > a label pointing to the end of the overlay __dtb_XXX_end, > > for the overlay named XXX. I _think_ that you could simply > > add a corresponding rule for %.dtbo.S using a new command > > cmd_dt_S_dtbo (the same as cmd_dt_S_dtb, except use labels > > __dtbo_XXX_begin and __dtbo_XXX_end). > > If you do the above, please put it in drivers/of/unittest-data/Makefile > instead of scripts/Makefile.lib because it is unittest.c specific and > not meant to be anywhere else in the kernel. What about doing this then in unittest's Makefile instead (which I already suggested earlier), that will make everything work just fine without any other changes ? +# Required for of unittest files as they can't be renamed to .dtso +$(obj)/%.dtbo: $(src)/%.dts $(DTC) FORCE + $(call if_changed_dep,dtc) -- viresh