[PATCH V5] kbuild: dtbs_install: new make target

[Grant Likely]

On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:36:47 -0800, Olof Johansson <olof at lixom.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Kumar Gala <galak at codeaurora.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Nov 21, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Jason Cooper <jason at lakedaemon.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Unlike other build products in the Linux kernel, there is no 'make
> >> *install' mechanism to put devicetree blobs in a standard place.
> >>
> >> This patch is an attempt to fix this problem.  Akin to 'make install',
> >> this creates a new make target, dtbs_install.  The script that gets
> >> called defers to a distribution or user supplied installdtbs binary,
> >> if found in the system.  Otherwise, the default action is to install a
> >> given dtb into
> >>
> >>  /boot/devicetrees/${kernel_version}/${dts_filename}.dtb
> 
> Random bikeshed of the day. Maybe this was already covered in the long
> thread and just tell me to shut up and go away if it was and I'm not
> presenting new arguments:
> 
> I like this whole approach, but I'm all for shorter pathnames as long
> as they are unique. Also, keeping it below 8 can be useful for FAT
> /boot filesystems. I propose /boot/dtb/ instead.

Makes sense to me.

g.