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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely-s3s/WqlpOiPyB63q8FvJNQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "parch-QRwYI7m9GJLYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org"
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	David Gibson <dwg-8fk3Idey6ehBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Stuart Yoder <b08248-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>,
	Scott Wood <scottwood-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>,
	Matthew McClintock <msm-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [Power.org:parch] devicetree: Musings on reserved regions
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:39:26 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1297114766.14982.76.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinjPk1rJp1pCvM3ZTsLnEym57qU6u72vL8JQ1V3-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>


> In addition to the reserved regions block in the header, define a set
> of properties in the memory node that specify the reserved regions
> with the name reflecting the usage.
> For example:
> 
> 	memory@0 {
> 		device_type = "memory";
> 		reg = <0 0x40000000>;
> 		reserved-ramdisk = <0xc00000 0x200000>; /* 2MB ramdisk */
> 		reserved-dtb = <0xbf0000 0x1000>; /* devicetree */
> 		reserved-fb0 = 0x1000000 0x400000>; /* framebuffer */
> 	};
> 
> Each reserved property would start with "reserved-" followed by a
> name.  reserved-ramdisk and reserved-dtb would be reserved for ramdisk
> and dtb images respectively.  Other names could also be defined; for
> example, reserved-openfirmware.

I very much dislike the list of properties with magic names. I'd rather
have a pair of properties containing lists (reserved-names and
reserved-ranges).

Cheers,
Ben.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-02-07 21:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-07 20:59 devicetree: Musings on reserved regions Grant Likely
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2011-02-07 21:39   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2011-02-07 21:45     ` [Power.org:parch] " Grant Likely
     [not found]       ` <AANLkTiniLf6f7FKMdZ1BWZ9jiA=KHEb0wsp84hCnm73Z-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-07 21:53         ` Yoder Stuart-B08248
     [not found]           ` <9F6FE96B71CF29479FF1CDC8046E15030C1955-TcFNo7jSaXPiTqIcKZ1S2K4g8xLGJsHaLnY5E4hWTkheoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-07 21:56             ` Grant Likely
     [not found]               ` <AANLkTinO40aKu9VjFrB2GQmpqwGGk+vR=LjD5E49wyHf-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-07 22:01                 ` Jimi Xenidis
     [not found]                   ` <EA0D723E-90B1-4D35-8A3D-A5193E00F740-aZOuKsOsJu3MbYB6QlFGEg@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-07 22:50                     ` Dan Hettena
2011-02-08  1:13                     ` David VomLehn
2011-02-07 21:58             ` Scott Wood
2011-02-07 22:00         ` Jimi Xenidis
     [not found]           ` <DEB310FA-724C-4D8B-A8EC-E222A51CD5D4-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-08  5:05             ` Grant Likely
     [not found]               ` <AANLkTikgBqJM=kWf+FK1nxmi+BSV-nEJo=ToL7gyinkN-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-08  6:45                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-02-08 10:56                   ` Jimi Xenidis
2011-02-08  2:20         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-02-07 21:46     ` Scott Wood
2011-02-08 12:24   ` David Gibson

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