Subject: Re: arch/powerpc/boot/.gitignore questions

From: Scott Wood <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:52:47 -0500

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Sean MacLennan,
> 
> In message <[email-masked]> you wrote:
>> I believe if the dts is built into u-boot, the dtc is not built.
> 
> This is never the case. The device tree is considered to be  part  of
> and provided to the boot loader by the kernel.

No, it's provided to the kernel by the firmware.  That the repository 
for the files that the user provides to u-boot for this purpose happens 
to live in the Linux source tree is irrelevant.

-Scott