Monday, May 01, 2017

Re: UPDATE sysutils/dtb to linux 4.11

> Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 23:09:44 +1000
> From: Jonathan Gray <jsg@jsg.id.au>
>
> On Mon, May 01, 2017 at 02:37:14PM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > > Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 22:26:09 +1000
> > > From: Jonathan Gray <jsg@jsg.id.au>
> > >
> > > Update dtb to linux 4.11.
> > >
> > > This also switches from the gcc4 module to clang. Base gcc can't be
> > > used as gcc 4.2 cpp can't handle whitespace between '#' and 'include'.
> > >
> > > This update changes pinctrl nodes in sunxi device trees, the kernel
> > > isn't ready for that just yet.
> >
> > But for sunxi we use the dtb that is bundled with u-boot isn't it?
> > And those haven't changed yet.
> >
>
> If that is the case what happens with the cubie miniroot where
> sun7i-a20-cubieboard2.dtb is included? I'd expect it to override any
> builtin dtb if found but don't have sunxi hardware to confirm.

Hmm, you might be right here. Will test when I'm back home tonight.

> So remove the dtb from the cubie miniroot and bsd.rd then sunxi changes
> shouldn't be a problem?

That might prevent things getting out of sync. Does that simplify the
installer in any way?

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