From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mitch Bradley Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 1/2] of: Add generic device tree DMA helpers Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:25:04 +0800 Message-ID: <505A3830.7090307@firmworks.com> References: <1347662517-4210-1-git-send-email-jon-hunter@ti.com> <1347662517-4210-2-git-send-email-jon-hunter@ti.com> <20120919140705.GB16522@beef> <201209191424.56086.arnd@arndb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <201209191424.56086.arnd@arndb.de> Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Matt Porter , Stephen Warren , Vinod Koul , device-tree , Rob Herring , Dan Williams , Russell King , linux-omap , linux-arm List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On 9/19/2012 10:24 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wednesday 19 September 2012, Matt Porter wrote: >>> +Optional properties: >>> +- #dma-channels: Number of DMA channels supported by the controller. >>> +- #dma-requests: Number of DMA requests signals supported by the >>> + controller. >> >> Shouldn't these two optional properties drop the prefix #? By >> convention adopted from the various original OF/ePAPR/etc specs, the >> only properties I would expect to see with this prefix are the >> "*-cells" cell sizes. A quick search indicates this is the case >> throughout all the current bindings. > > I always assumed that the # prefix is used to indicate that we are counting > things instead of listing them. Your assumption is historically correct. It seems that usage has drifted somewhat. > > Arnd > _______________________________________________ > devicetree-discuss mailing list > devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org > https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/devicetree-discuss >