Hi Tom, On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 at 11:22, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 01:57:45PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote: > > > For most boards, the device-tree compiler is built in-tree, ignoring the > > system version. Add a special option to skip this build. This can be > > useful when the system dtc is up-to-date, as it speeds up the build. > > > > Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> > > --- > > > > (no changes since v1) > > > > tools/buildman/builder.py | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > tools/buildman/builderthread.py | 4 ++-- > > tools/buildman/buildman.rst | 3 +++ > > tools/buildman/cmdline.py | 2 ++ > > tools/buildman/control.py | 3 ++- > > tools/buildman/test.py | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 6 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > We should probably do this more generically, outside of buildman. We > have scripts/dtc-version.sh and if the system version isn't new enough > (and we just need to define whatever the minimum version is), then we > build our (not currently that new anymore) dtc instead.
Yes I think I did a patch for that ages ago [1], but it was rejected. I'd be very happy for it to be applied as I think it is a better solution than this one. I see that some poor sod tried to do this in Linux this morning. Regards, Simon [1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20200427002929.239379-2-...@chromium.org/
