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Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:22:28 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
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On 11-03-21, 00:18, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 11:48 PM Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 10-03-21, 20:29, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > BTW, is the attached patch good for DTC?
> > >
> > > I do not know when '-O dtbo' is useful,
> > > unless I am missing something.
> >
> > It is useful if we are sending the -O option all the time (I have
> > already given more details to your patch) as outform will not be NULL.
> 
> 
> "-O dtbo" was useful to make your buggy patch work.
> 
> That is not justification.

I wasn't giving justification, but rather saying why it was required
earlier. And I agree that it isn't required once we drop the -O
parameter here.

-- 
viresh