Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] fdt: add support the ePAPR "phandle" property

Grant Likely wrote:

As discussed on IRC, upstream libfdt already supports the "phandle" property, so u-boot needs to be updated to the latest version from the dtc.git repo on git.jdl.com. You'll still need the change to common/fdt_support.c though.

Upstream libfdt was fixed back in 2009. Why is U-Boot and Linux so outdated? Shouldn't there be a regular plan to update U-boot and Linux as libfdt is updated? I don't see how an 18-month backlog is acceptable.

No offense, but this sounds like something the U-boot fdt maintainer is supposed to be doing regularly.