From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Dan Malek <dan@embeddedalley.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>, Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com>
Subject: Re: [DTC PATCH] Add support for decimal, octal and binary based cell values.
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:57:39 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070215225739.GA21654@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <70840B5D-F927-4CC6-84D3-789DA8A66378@embeddedalley.com>
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 02:33:47PM -0800, Dan Malek wrote:
>
> On Feb 15, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Jon Loeliger wrote:
>
> > New syntax d#, b#, o# and h# allow for an explicit prefix
> > on cell values to specify their base. Eg: <d# 123>
>
> Why do we need yet another syntax? Everyone
> else, including most silicon documentation, uses
> the standard "C" syntax 0x for hex, 0 for octal, and
> nothing for decimal. If really needed binary, we
> could us the '0b'. Of the few dts files I've done,
> anything to make this easier, rather than inventing
> something new, would be appreciated.
Yes, but hex-by-default is already implemented and out there. We
can't change it without breaking compatibility horribly.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-15 22:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-15 17:13 [DTC PATCH] Add support for decimal, octal and binary based cell values Jon Loeliger
2007-02-15 17:30 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-15 17:49 ` Yoder Stuart-B08248
2007-02-15 18:41 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-15 22:14 ` David Gibson
2007-02-16 0:04 ` Kumar Gala
2007-02-16 10:23 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-15 17:45 ` Yoder Stuart-B08248
2007-02-15 18:00 ` Olof Johansson
2007-02-15 18:00 ` Yoder Stuart-B08248
2007-02-15 18:02 ` Scott Wood
2007-02-15 18:05 ` Jon Loeliger
2007-02-15 18:10 ` Yoder Stuart-B08248
2007-02-15 21:44 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-15 22:12 ` David Gibson
2007-02-15 22:59 ` Jon Loeliger
2007-02-15 22:19 ` David Gibson
2007-02-15 23:43 ` Jon Loeliger
2007-02-15 22:33 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-15 22:57 ` David Gibson [this message]
2007-02-15 23:37 ` Dan Malek
2007-02-16 0:09 ` David Gibson
2007-02-16 10:21 ` Segher Boessenkool
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