Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Sep 2022 12:52:08 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/5] DO NOT MERGE: full sensehat device tree overlay for raspberry pi 4 | From | Matthias Brugger <> |
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On 06/09/2022 04:52, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 01:41:58PM -0400, Charles Mirabile wrote: >> This patch shold not be merged - dtbs files are not stored in the >> kernel tree. We just provide this file so the code can be tested. >> > > Hmm, if this is DO NOT MERGE patch due to build artifacts (in this case > dtbs), then how testing of this driver can be done with just DT source > (like other drivers)? Does providing custom overlay needed for testing > it? >
As it's a extension board to the RaspberryPi the DTs are not included into the Linux kernel. Instead an overlay is build which can be loaded to the base DT via a special mechanism of the RPi FW.
Adding this file helps anybody who wants to test the drivers to do so without any hustle.
Regards, Matthias
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