fdtdump: Discourage use of fdtdump

fdtdump is, and always has been, a quick-and-dirty debugging tool. However I keep getting reports of people using it for real work. For production decompiling of a dtb, dtc in -I dtb -O dts mode is the right tool. In the hopes of getting that message out there, add a warning message to fdtdump to discourage its use. Signed-off-by: David Gibson <[email protected]>
robherring · Apr 18, 2017 · 548aea2 · 548aea2
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diff --git a/fdtdump.c b/fdtdump.c
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	bool scan = false;
 	off_t len;
 
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n"
+"**** fdtdump is a low-level debugging tool, not meant for general use.\n"
+"**** If you want to decompile a dtb, you probably want\n"
+"****     dtc -I dtb -O dts <filename>\n\n"
+		);
 	while ((opt = util_getopt_long()) != EOF) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case_USAGE_COMMON_FLAGS