dts and dtsi files on which I tested the syntax for my recent patch set.

dts and dtsi files on which I tested the syntax for my recent patch set.

[John Bonesio]

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Hi,

I have attached the two file I've used to test the new syntax from my
patch set. These might help get a feel for how the syntax and the
features work.

- John

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/*
 * Freescale Media5200 board Device Tree Source
 *
 * Copyright 2009 Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
 * Grant Likely <grant.likely-s3s/WqlpOiPyB63q8FvJNQ@public.gmane.org>
 * Steven Cavanagh <scavanagh-s3s/WqlpOiPyB63q8FvJNQ@public.gmane.org>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
 * under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation;  either version 2 of the  License, or (at your
 * option) any later version.
 */

/include/ "mpc5200b.dtsi"

/ {
	model = "fsl,media5200";
	compatible = "fsl,media5200";

	aliases {
		console = &psc6;
		ethernet0 = &eth0;
	};

	chosen {
		linux,stdout-path = &psc6;
	};	

	memory {
		reg = <0x00000000 0x08000000>;	// 128MB RAM
	};
};

&powerpc {
	timebase-frequency = <33000000>;	// 33 MHz, these were configured by U-Boot
	bus-frequency = <132000000>;		// 132 MHz
	clock-frequency = <396000000>;		// 396 MHz
};

&soc {
	bus-frequency = <132000000>;// 132 MHz
};

&usb {
	reg = <0x1000 0x100>;
};

/remove-node/ &psc1;
/remove-node/ &psc2;
/remove-node/ &{soc/serial@2400};                  /* an example of using a label rooted path */
/remove-node/ &{/soc5200@f0000000/serial@2600};  /* an example of using the path instead of the label */
/remove-node/ &psc5;

&psc6 {
	cell-index = <5>;
	port-number = <0>;
};

&{soc/serial@2c00} {
	cell-index = <5>;
	port-number = <0>;
};

&pci {
	interrupt-map = <0xc000 0 0 1 &media5200_fpga 0 2 // 1st slot
			 0xc000 0 0 2 &media5200_fpga 0 3
			 0xc000 0 0 3 &media5200_fpga 0 4
			 0xc000 0 0 4 &media5200_fpga 0 5

			 0xc800 0 0 1 &media5200_fpga 0 3 // 2nd slot
			 0xc800 0 0 2 &media5200_fpga 0 4
			 0xc800 0 0 3 &media5200_fpga 0 5
			 0xc800 0 0 4 &media5200_fpga 0 2

			 0xd000 0 0 1 &media5200_fpga 0 4 // miniPCI
			 0xd000 0 0 2 &media5200_fpga 0 5

			 0xe000 0 0 1 &media5200_fpga 0 5 // CoralIP
			>;

	interrupt-parent = <&mpc5200_pic>;
};

&localbus {
	ranges = < 0 0 0xfc000000 0x02000000
	       1 0 0xfe000000 0x02000000
	       2 0 0xf0010000 0x00010000
	       3 0 0xf0020000 0x00010000 >;

	flash@0,0 {
		compatible = "amd,am29lv28ml", "cfi-flash";
		reg = <0 0x0 0x2000000>;		// 32 MB
		bank-width = <4>;			// Width in bytes of the flash bank
		device-width = <2>;			// Two devices on each bank
		#size-cells = /undef-prop/;
		#address-cells = /undef-prop/;
	};

	flash@1,0 {
		compatible = "amd,am29lv28ml", "cfi-flash";
		reg = <1 0 0x2000000>;			// 32 MB
		bank-width = <4>;			// Width in bytes of the flash bank
		device-width = <2>;			// Two devices on each bank
	};

	media5200_fpga: fpga@2,0 {
		compatible = "fsl,media5200-fpga";
		interrupt-controller;
		#interrupt-cells = <2>;	// 0:bank 1:id; no type field
		reg = <2 0 0x10000>;

		interrupt-parent = <&mpc5200_pic>;
		interrupts = <0 0 3	// IRQ bank 0
			      1 1 3>;	// IRQ bank 1
	};

	uart@3,0 {
		compatible = "ti,tl16c752bpt";
		reg = <3 0 0x10000>;
		interrupt-parent = <&media5200_fpga>;
		interrupts = <0 0  0 1>; // 2 irqs
	};
};


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/*
 * base MPC5200b Device Tree Source
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2010 SecretLab
 * Grant Likely <grant-s3s/WqlpOiPyB63q8FvJNQ@public.gmane.org>
 * John Bonesio <bones-s3s/WqlpOiPyB63q8FvJNQ@public.gmane.org>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
 * under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation;  either version 2 of the  License, or (at your
 * option) any later version.
 */

/dts-v1/;

/ {
	model = "fsl,mpc5200b";
	compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b";
	#address-cells = <1>;
	#size-cells = <1>;
	interrupt-parent = <&mpc5200_pic>;

	my_undef_property = /undef-prop/;

	cpus {
		#address-cells = <1>;
		#size-cells = <0>;

		powerpc: PowerPC,5200@0 {
			device_type = "cpu";
			reg = <0>;
			d-cache-line-size = <32>;
			i-cache-line-size = <32>;
			d-cache-size = <0x4000>;		// L1, 16K
			i-cache-size = <0x4000>;		// L1, 16K
			timebase-frequency = <0>;	// from bootloader
			bus-frequency = <0>;		// from bootloader
			clock-frequency = <0>;		// from bootloader
		};
	};

	memory: memory {
		device_type = "memory";
		reg = <0x00000000 0x04000000>;	// 64MB
	};

	soc: soc5200@f0000000 {
		#address-cells = <1>;
		#size-cells = <1>;
		compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-immr";
		ranges = <0 0xf0000000 0x0000c000>;
		reg = <0xf0000000 0x00000100>;
		bus-frequency = <0>;		// from bootloader
		system-frequency = <0>;		// from bootloader

		cdm@200 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-cdm","fsl,mpc5200-cdm";
			reg = <0x200 0x38>;
		};

		mpc5200_pic: interrupt-controller@500 {
			// 5200 interrupts are encoded into two levels;
			interrupt-controller;
			#interrupt-cells = <3>;
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-pic","fsl,mpc5200-pic";
			reg = <0x500 0x80>;
		};

		timer@600 {	// General Purpose Timer
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-gpt","fsl,mpc5200-gpt";
			reg = <0x600 0x10>;
			interrupts = <1 9 0>;
			fsl,has-wdt;
		};

		timer@610 {	// General Purpose Timer
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-gpt","fsl,mpc5200-gpt";
			reg = <0x610 0x10>;
			interrupts = <1 10 0>;
		};

		timer@620 {	// General Purpose Timer
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-gpt","fsl,mpc5200-gpt";
			reg = <0x620 0x10>;
			interrupts = <1 11 0>;
		};

		timer@630 {	// General Purpose Timer
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-gpt","fsl,mpc5200-gpt";
			reg = <0x630 0x10>;
			interrupts = <1 12 0>;
		};

		timer@640 {	// General Purpose Timer
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-gpt","fsl,mpc5200-gpt";
			reg = <0x640 0x10>;
			interrupts = <1 13 0>;
		};

		timer@650 {	// General Purpose Timer
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-gpt","fsl,mpc5200-gpt";
			reg = <0x650 0x10>;
			interrupts = <1 14 0>;
		};

		timer@660 {	// General Purpose Timer
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-gpt","fsl,mpc5200-gpt";
			reg = <0x660 0x10>;
			interrupts = <1 15 0>;
		};

		timer@670 {	// General Purpose Timer
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-gpt","fsl,mpc5200-gpt";
			reg = <0x670 0x10>;
			interrupts = <1 16 0>;
		};

		rtc@800 {	// Real time clock
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-rtc","fsl,mpc5200-rtc";
			reg = <0x800 0x100>;
			interrupts = <1 5 0 1 6 0>;
		};

		can@900 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-mscan","fsl,mpc5200-mscan";
			interrupts = <2 17 0>;
			reg = <0x900 0x80>;
		};

		can@980 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-mscan","fsl,mpc5200-mscan";
			interrupts = <2 18 0>;
			reg = <0x980 0x80>;
		};

		gpio_simple: gpio@b00 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-gpio","fsl,mpc5200-gpio";
			reg = <0xb00 0x40>;
			interrupts = <1 7 0>;
			gpio-controller;
			#gpio-cells = <2>;
		};

		gpio_wkup: gpio@c00 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-gpio-wkup","fsl,mpc5200-gpio-wkup";
			reg = <0xc00 0x40>;
			interrupts = <1 8 0 0 3 0>;
			gpio-controller;
			#gpio-cells = <2>;
		};

		spi@f00 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-spi","fsl,mpc5200-spi";
			reg = <0xf00 0x20>;
			interrupts = <2 13 0 2 14 0>;
		};

		usb: usb@1000 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-ohci","fsl,mpc5200-ohci","ohci-be";
			reg = <0x1000 0xff>;
			interrupts = <2 6 0>;
		};

		dma-controller@1200 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-bestcomm","fsl,mpc5200-bestcomm";
			reg = <0x1200 0x80>;
			interrupts = <3 0 0  3 1 0  3 2 0  3 3 0
			              3 4 0  3 5 0  3 6 0  3 7 0
			              3 8 0  3 9 0  3 10 0  3 11 0
			              3 12 0  3 13 0  3 14 0  3 15 0>;
		};

		xlb@1f00 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-xlb","fsl,mpc5200-xlb";
			reg = <0x1f00 0x100>;
		};

		psc1: serial@2000 {		// PSC1
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-psc-uart","fsl,mpc5200-psc-uart";
			reg = <0x2000 0x100>;
			interrupts = <2 1 0>;
		};

		psc2: serial@2200 {		// PSC2
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-psc-uart","fsl,mpc5200-psc-uart";
			reg = <0x2200 0x100>;
			interrupts = <2 2 0>;
		};

		psc3: serial@2400 {		// PSC3
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-psc-uart","fsl,mpc5200-psc-uart";
			reg = <0x2400 0x100>;
			interrupts = <2 3 0>;
		};

		psc4: serial@2600 {		// PSC4
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-psc-uart","fsl,mpc5200-psc-uart";
			reg = <0x2600 0x100>;
			interrupts = <2 11 0>;
		};

		psc5: serial@2800 {		// PSC5
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-psc-uart","fsl,mpc5200-psc-uart";
			reg = <0x2800 0x100>;
			interrupts = <2 12 0>;
		};

		psc6: serial@2c00 {		// PSC6
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-psc-uart","fsl,mpc5200-psc-uart";
			reg = <0x2c00 0x100>;
			interrupts = <2 4 0>;
		};

		eth0: ethernet@3000 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-fec","fsl,mpc5200-fec";
			reg = <0x3000 0x400>;
			local-mac-address = [ 00 00 00 00 00 00 ];
			interrupts = <2 5 0>;
			phy-handle = <&phy0>;
		};

		mdio@3000 {
			#address-cells = <1>;
			#size-cells = <0>;
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-mdio","fsl,mpc5200-mdio";
			reg = <0x3000 0x400>;       // fec range, since we need to setup fec interrupts
			interrupts = <2 5 0>;   // these are for "mii command finished", not link changes & co.

			phy0: ethernet-phy@0 {
				reg = <0>;
			};
		};

		ata@3a00 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-ata","fsl,mpc5200-ata";
			reg = <0x3a00 0x100>;
			interrupts = <2 7 0>;
		};

		i2c@3d00 {
			#address-cells = <1>;
			#size-cells = <0>;
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-i2c","fsl,mpc5200-i2c","fsl-i2c";
			reg = <0x3d00 0x40>;
			interrupts = <2 15 0>;
		};


		i2c@3d40 {
			#address-cells = <1>;
			#size-cells = <0>;
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-i2c","fsl,mpc5200-i2c","fsl-i2c";
			reg = <0x3d40 0x40>;
			interrupts = <2 16 0>;
		};

		sram@8000 {
			compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-sram","fsl,mpc5200-sram";
			reg = <0x8000 0x4000>;
		};
	};

	pci: pci@f0000d00 {
		#interrupt-cells = <1>;
		#size-cells = <2>;
		#address-cells = <3>;
		device_type = "pci";
		compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-pci","fsl,mpc5200-pci";
		reg = <0xf0000d00 0x100>;
		interrupt-map-mask = <0xf800 0 0 7>;
		// interrupt-map = need to add
		clock-frequency = <0>; // From boot loader
		interrupts = <2 8 0 2 9 0 2 10 0>;
		bus-range = <0 0>;
		ranges = <0x42000000 0 0x80000000 0x80000000 0 0x20000000
			  0x02000000 0 0xa0000000 0xa0000000 0 0x10000000
			  0x01000000 0 0x00000000 0xb0000000 0 0x01000000>;
	};

	localbus: localbus {
		compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-lpb","simple-bus";
		#address-cells = <2>;
		#size-cells = <1>;
		ranges = <0 0 0xfc000000 0x2000000>;

		// 16-bit flash device at LocalPlus Bus CS0
		flash@0,0 {
			compatible = "cfi-flash";
			reg = <0 0 0x2000000>;
			bank-width = <2>;
			device-width = <2>;
			#size-cells = <1>;
			#address-cells = <1>;
		};
	};
};

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Re: dts and dtsi files on which I tested the syntax for my recent patch set.

[Grant Likely]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 03:22:17PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have attached the two file I've used to test the new syntax from my
> patch set. These might help get a feel for how the syntax and the
> features work.

heh, what you should actually do (because you have to anyway) is add
testcases for the new features to dtc in the tests directory.  'make
check' runs the test cases.

> /remove-node/ &{soc/serial@2400};                  /* an example of using a label rooted path */

As previously mentioned by David, this conflicts with the already
established convention of a path that does not start with a '/' means
use a value from the /aliases node.  That ambiguity needs to
be avoided, so the syntax still needs some massaging.

g.

Re: dts and dtsi files on which I tested the syntax for my recent patch set.

[John Bonesio]

On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 17:46 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 03:22:17PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have attached the two file I've used to test the new syntax from my
> > patch set. These might help get a feel for how the syntax and the
> > features work.
> 
> heh, what you should actually do (because you have to anyway) is add
> testcases for the new features to dtc in the tests directory.  'make
> check' runs the test cases.
> 
> > /remove-node/ &{soc/serial@2400};                  /* an example of using a label rooted path */
> 
> As previously mentioned by David, this conflicts with the already
> established convention of a path that does not start with a '/' means
> use a value from the /aliases node.  That ambiguity needs to
> be avoided, so the syntax still needs some massaging.

I think we should explore this a bit further. I just don't see in the
lexer code where it would parse anything with the syntax
&{alias/node/path} (except for my recent patch).

I looked through the parser too, and it wasn't obvious where it would
match '&' directly.

Maybe I'm just missing it.

> 
> g.
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Re: dts and dtsi files on which I tested the syntax for my recent patch set.

[David Gibson]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 07:08:36PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 17:46 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 03:22:17PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have attached the two file I've used to test the new syntax from my
> > > patch set. These might help get a feel for how the syntax and the
> > > features work.
> > 
> > heh, what you should actually do (because you have to anyway) is add
> > testcases for the new features to dtc in the tests directory.  'make
> > check' runs the test cases.
> > 
> > > /remove-node/ &{soc/serial@2400};                  /* an example of using a label rooted path */
> > 
> > As previously mentioned by David, this conflicts with the already
> > established convention of a path that does not start with a '/' means
> > use a value from the /aliases node.  That ambiguity needs to
> > be avoided, so the syntax still needs some massaging.
> 
> I think we should explore this a bit further. I just don't see in the
> lexer code where it would parse anything with the syntax
> &{alias/node/path} (except for my recent patch).
> 
> I looked through the parser too, and it wasn't obvious where it would
> match '&' directly.
> 
> Maybe I'm just missing it.

No, we just weren't being clear.  dtc does not itself expand aliases
in this way.  However, it's a common convention in existing device
tree stuff.  The OF interface will expand aliases in this way, as will
fdt_path_offset().

So it's not an actual ambiguity with existing syntax, but the fact
that your proposed syntax is subtley different from a common existing
device tree convention would violate least-surprise.

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Re: dts and dtsi files on which I tested the syntax for my recent patch set.

[John Bonesio]

On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 14:14 +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 07:08:36PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 17:46 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 03:22:17PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I have attached the two file I've used to test the new syntax from my
> > > > patch set. These might help get a feel for how the syntax and the
> > > > features work.
> > > 
> > > heh, what you should actually do (because you have to anyway) is add
> > > testcases for the new features to dtc in the tests directory.  'make
> > > check' runs the test cases.
> > > 
> > > > /remove-node/ &{soc/serial@2400};                  /* an example of using a label rooted path */
> > > 
> > > As previously mentioned by David, this conflicts with the already
> > > established convention of a path that does not start with a '/' means
> > > use a value from the /aliases node.  That ambiguity needs to
> > > be avoided, so the syntax still needs some massaging.
> > 
> > I think we should explore this a bit further. I just don't see in the
> > lexer code where it would parse anything with the syntax
> > &{alias/node/path} (except for my recent patch).
> > 
> > I looked through the parser too, and it wasn't obvious where it would
> > match '&' directly.
> > 
> > Maybe I'm just missing it.
> 
> No, we just weren't being clear.  dtc does not itself expand aliases
> in this way.  However, it's a common convention in existing device
> tree stuff.  The OF interface will expand aliases in this way, as will
> fdt_path_offset().
> 
> So it's not an actual ambiguity with existing syntax, but the fact
> that your proposed syntax is subtley different from a common existing
> device tree convention would violate least-surprise.

Would it really? Isn't an alias and a label on a node pretty much the
same concept?

> 

Re: dts and dtsi files on which I tested the syntax for my recent patch set.

[Grant Likely]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:06:00PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 14:14 +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 07:08:36PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 17:46 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 03:22:17PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have attached the two file I've used to test the new syntax from my
> > > > > patch set. These might help get a feel for how the syntax and the
> > > > > features work.
> > > > 
> > > > heh, what you should actually do (because you have to anyway) is add
> > > > testcases for the new features to dtc in the tests directory.  'make
> > > > check' runs the test cases.
> > > > 
> > > > > /remove-node/ &{soc/serial@2400};                  /* an example of using a label rooted path */
> > > > 
> > > > As previously mentioned by David, this conflicts with the already
> > > > established convention of a path that does not start with a '/' means
> > > > use a value from the /aliases node.  That ambiguity needs to
> > > > be avoided, so the syntax still needs some massaging.
> > > 
> > > I think we should explore this a bit further. I just don't see in the
> > > lexer code where it would parse anything with the syntax
> > > &{alias/node/path} (except for my recent patch).
> > > 
> > > I looked through the parser too, and it wasn't obvious where it would
> > > match '&' directly.
> > > 
> > > Maybe I'm just missing it.
> > 
> > No, we just weren't being clear.  dtc does not itself expand aliases
> > in this way.  However, it's a common convention in existing device
> > tree stuff.  The OF interface will expand aliases in this way, as will
> > fdt_path_offset().
> > 
> > So it's not an actual ambiguity with existing syntax, but the fact
> > that your proposed syntax is subtley different from a common existing
> > device tree convention would violate least-surprise.
> 
> Would it really? Isn't an alias and a label on a node pretty much the
> same concept?

Nope, because an alias is a property in the /aliases node with very
well defined conventions.  A label uses an entirely different namespace,
so it should use a different syntax to avoid being ambiguous.

g.

Re: dts and dtsi files on which I tested the syntax for my recent patch set.

[David Gibson]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:40:24PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:06:00PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 14:14 +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 07:08:36PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 17:46 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 03:22:17PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I have attached the two file I've used to test the new syntax from my
> > > > > > patch set. These might help get a feel for how the syntax and the
> > > > > > features work.
> > > > > 
> > > > > heh, what you should actually do (because you have to anyway) is add
> > > > > testcases for the new features to dtc in the tests directory.  'make
> > > > > check' runs the test cases.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > /remove-node/ &{soc/serial@2400};                  /* an example of using a label rooted path */
> > > > > 
> > > > > As previously mentioned by David, this conflicts with the already
> > > > > established convention of a path that does not start with a '/' means
> > > > > use a value from the /aliases node.  That ambiguity needs to
> > > > > be avoided, so the syntax still needs some massaging.
> > > > 
> > > > I think we should explore this a bit further. I just don't see in the
> > > > lexer code where it would parse anything with the syntax
> > > > &{alias/node/path} (except for my recent patch).
> > > > 
> > > > I looked through the parser too, and it wasn't obvious where it would
> > > > match '&' directly.
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe I'm just missing it.
> > > 
> > > No, we just weren't being clear.  dtc does not itself expand aliases
> > > in this way.  However, it's a common convention in existing device
> > > tree stuff.  The OF interface will expand aliases in this way, as will
> > > fdt_path_offset().
> > > 
> > > So it's not an actual ambiguity with existing syntax, but the fact
> > > that your proposed syntax is subtley different from a common existing
> > > device tree convention would violate least-surprise.
> > 
> > Would it really? Isn't an alias and a label on a node pretty much the
> > same concept?

Well, it's a pretty similar concept, but with some significant
differences in the details.  Which makes it all the more important not
to lead users into confusing the two.

> Nope, because an alias is a property in the /aliases node with very
> well defined conventions.  A label uses an entirely different namespace,
> so it should use a different syntax to avoid being ambiguous.

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Re: dts and dtsi files on which I tested the syntax for my recent patch set.

[David Gibson]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 05:46:38PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 03:22:17PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have attached the two file I've used to test the new syntax from my
> > patch set. These might help get a feel for how the syntax and the
> > features work.
> 
> heh, what you should actually do (because you have to anyway) is add
> testcases for the new features to dtc in the tests directory.  'make
> check' runs the test cases.

Yes.  It's pretty easy to add testcases to dtc.  In this case you'd
just need some simple example dts files using the syntax, along with a
dts giving the expected result.  Edit run_tests.sh to compile both
versions and compare them.

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Re: dts and dtsi files on which I tested the syntax for my recent patch set.

[David Gibson]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 03:22:17PM -0700, John Bonesio wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have attached the two file I've used to test the new syntax from my
> patch set. These might help get a feel for how the syntax and the
> features work.


[snip]
> /include/ "mpc5200b.dtsi"
> 
> / {
> 	model = "fsl,media5200";
> 	compatible = "fsl,media5200";
> 
> 	aliases {
> 		console = &psc6;
> 		ethernet0 = &eth0;
> 	};
> 
> 	chosen {
> 		linux,stdout-path = &psc6;
> 	};	
> 
> 	memory {
> 		reg = <0x00000000 0x08000000>;	// 128MB RAM
> 	};
> };
> 
> &powerpc {
> 	timebase-frequency = <33000000>;	// 33 MHz, these were configured by U-Boot
> 	bus-frequency = <132000000>;		// 132 MHz
> 	clock-frequency = <396000000>;		// 396 MHz
> };
> 
> &soc {
> 	bus-frequency = <132000000>;// 132 MHz
> };
> 
> &usb {
> 	reg = <0x1000 0x100>;
> };
> 
> /remove-node/ &psc1;
> /remove-node/ &psc2;
> /remove-node/ &{soc/serial@2400};                  /* an example of using a label rooted path */
> /remove-node/ &{/soc5200@f0000000/serial@2600};  /* an example of using the path instead of the label */
> /remove-node/ &psc5;

So, this is the only concrete example for the use of /remove-node/
I've seen so far.  And it's not a really good one.  It appears you're
just removing a bunch of serial nodes from the SoC template,
presumably because they're unused / disconnected on this specific
board.

But you can managed unused devices from the SoC with existing syntax
by adding a status = "disabled" property to the node.  And I'd argue
that having the node present but disabled *more* accurately represents
the hardware for a disconnected ASIC than removing it entirely.

So, what's a genuine use for /remove-node/ that can't be done already?

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