Re: [RFC PATCH 02/15] fdtdump: Remove dtb version check

David Gibson <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:12:08 +1100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.devicetree-spec,org.kernel.vger.devicetree-compiler,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
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On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 06:33:30PM +0100, Herve Codina wrote:
> fdtdump checks the dtb version and simply failed if the dtb version is
> newer than the last version supported by fdtdump.
>=20
> This check is not needed and too restrictive. Indeed, fdtdump does
> read-only operations on the dtb provided and should rely only the
> last_comp_version header field to know whether or not it can read the
> dtb.
>=20
> The current check also avoid the use of fdtdump in tests checking for
> the libfdt behavior when an new (future) dtb version is used.
>=20
> Relax fdtdump checks removing the check of the dtb version header field.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <[email protected]>

Applied, thanks.

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