From: Jerry Van Baren <gvb.uboot-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Simon Glass <sjg-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: U-Boot Mailing List
<u-boot-0aAXYlwwYIKGBzrmiIFOJg@public.gmane.org>,
Devicetree Discuss
<devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org>,
Tom Warren <twarren-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Jerry Van Baren
<vanbaren-He//nVnquyzQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/2] fdt: Add fdtdec_find_aliases() to deal with alias nodes
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:04:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F1CC017.1090501@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1326824452-14786-2-git-send-email-sjg-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
On 01/17/2012 01:20 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Stephen Warren pointed out that we should use nodes whether or not they
> have an alias in the /aliases section. The aliases section specifies the
> order so far as it can, but is not essential. Operating without alisses
Nitpick: aliases
> is useful when the enumerated order of nodes does not matter (admittedly
> rare in U-Boot).
>
> This is considerably more complex, and it is important to keep this
> complexity out of driver code. This patch creates a function
> fdtdec_find_aliases() which returns an ordered list of node offsets
> for a particular compatible ID, taking account of alias nodes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass<sjg-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
Acked-by: Gerald Van Baren <vanbaren-He//nVnquyzQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Thanks,
gvb
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-23 2:04 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <1326824452-14786-1-git-send-email-sjg@chromium.org>
2012-01-17 18:20 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] fdt: Add fdtdec_find_aliases() to deal with alias nodes Simon Glass
[not found] ` <1326824452-14786-2-git-send-email-sjg-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2012-01-23 2:04 ` Jerry Van Baren [this message]
2012-01-23 4:08 ` Simon Glass
[not found] ` <1326824452-14786-1-git-send-email-sjg-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2012-01-17 18:20 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] fdt: Add tests for fdtdec Simon Glass
[not found] ` <1326824452-14786-3-git-send-email-sjg-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2012-01-23 2:04 ` [U-Boot] " Jerry Van Baren
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