Re: DTC 1.8.0 released

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On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 07:14:19PM +1000, David Gibson wrote:
> DTC 1.8.0
>=20
> Changes since v1.7.2 include:
>  * dtc
>    - Add informative error for stray identifiers (e.g. unexpanded macros)
>    - Better decompiling of plugins
>      - Restore labels from __symbols__ node when possible
>      - Restore phandle references from __local_fixups__ and __fixups__
>        when possible
>      - Improve type guessing when compiling to dts format
>    - Add only new data to fixup nodes instead of complete regeneration
>=20
>  * libfdt
>    - Add fdt_setprop_namelen() and fdt_setprop_namelen_string()
>    - Add fdt_get_property_namelen_w()
>    - Add fdt_find_string_len_()
>    - Introduce fdt_downgrade_version()
>    - Verify alignment of sub-blocks in dtb
>    - Handle FDT_NOP tags before FDT_END in fdt_check_full()
>    - Document most remaining functions in libfdt.h
>    - Standardise "returns:" annotation in documentation
>=20
>  * checks
>    - Warn about missing #address-cells for interrupt parents
>    - Relax avoid_unnecessary_addr_size to allow child ranges properties
>    - Fix detection of 'i2c-bus' child node
>    - Remove check for graph child addresses (redundant with schema valida=
tion)
>    - Do not check overlays for alias paths
>=20
>  * fdtdump
>    - Remove overly strict dtb version check
>=20
>  * pylibfdt
>    - Fix backwards compatibility of return values with SWIG v4.3
>    - Port python bindings to build natively via meson and meson-python
>=20
>  * Build
>    - Deprecate Makefile in favor of Meson
>    - Support building libfdt without static library
>    - Don't build test programs by default
>    - Fix -Dtools=3Dfalse build
>    - Add FreeBSD and non-GNU linker compatibility
>=20
>  * CI
>    - Add macOS build to GitHub Actions
>    - Add Cirrus CI for FreeBSD testing
>    - Add GitLab CI for Linux builds
>    - Update GitHub Actions ubuntu runner to 24.04
>    - Skip swig install for mingw32 Windows build
>=20
>  * Tests
>    - Add compatibility with uutils (Rust coreutils)
>    - Mark .so from asm output as non-executable stack (glibc-2.41 compat)
>=20
>  * General
>    - Consider drive letters when checking absolute paths on Windows
>    - Add AI contribution guidelines
>    - Assorted bugfixes and cleanups
>    - Add clang-format config
>    - Add SBOM file in CycloneDX format
>=20
> --=20
> David Gibson (he or they)	| I'll have my music baroque, and my code
> david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au	| minimalist, thank you, not the other way
> 				| around.
> http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson



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David Gibson (he or they)	| I'll have my music baroque, and my code
david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au	| minimalist, thank you, not the other way
				| around.
http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson

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