Re: case sensitivity for devicetree node names

[Frank Rowand <frowand.list-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 06/13/16 22:10, David Gibson wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 08:53:37PM -0700, Frank Rowand wrote:
>> On 06/13/16 18:10, David Gibson wrote:

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>>> Here's my inclination for how to treat this in dtc for the time being:
>>>     1) Leave the bulk of dtc case sensitive, as now
>>>     2) Add a new check which will generate an error if there are node
>>>        names which differ only in case.
>>>
>>> Any objections to that plan?
>>
>> I think that the kernel should match the current behavior of dtc.
>>
>> I agree with "1)".
>>
>> I don't think that "2)" is required.  I think it is a really dumb idea for
>> anyone to create a dts with node names that differ only in case.  But I
>> don't think it is the compiler's job to protect people from being dumb.
>> An analogue would be the C language and compilers.  The C compiler doesn't
>> error on a program that has variables "foo" and "Foo".
> 
> Hmm.. actually I think protecting you from being dumb is exactly the
> purpose of compiler warnings.  Now that you found that quote from
> 1275, which is pretty definitive as far as I'm concerned, I'd expect
> to reduce that error to a warning (by default).

A warning is ok by me.

-Frank