From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jon Loeliger Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Allow device tree to be modified by additonal device tree sections Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:49:25 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20100225165352.7745.68056.stgit@angua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-reply-to: <20100225165352.7745.68056.stgit@angua> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org Errors-To: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org To: Grant Likely Cc: devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org > This patch allows the following construct: > > / { > property-a = "old"; > property-b = "does not change"; > }; > > / { > property-a = "changed"; > property-c = "new"; > node-a { > }; > }; > > Where the later device tree overrides the properties found in the > earlier tree. This is useful for laying down a template device tree > in an include file and modifying it for a specific board without having > to clone the entire tree. > > Signed-off-by: Grant Likely Applied. Thanks, jdl