From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
To: Jingchang Lu <jingchang.lu-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Shengchao Guo <Shawn.Guo-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>,
"mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org"
<mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>,
"linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org"
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<devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
"B46807-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org"
<B46807-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>,
Chao Fu <B44548-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 3/6] ARM: dts: Add initial LS1021A TWR board dts support
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:57:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8538195.h7lPfgcOv3@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1b72af7d8c90492ba91115ef958bbda7-GeMU99GfrruQxk8BmD671+O6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
On Thursday 25 September 2014 08:06:27 Jingchang Lu wrote:
>
> Libfdt doesn't provide way to find a node by label. Label is just a shortcut to
> a full absolute path, it's useful in device tree source reference, but is hard
> to find a label after build to dtb. Aliases just provide the way to save a
> full absolute path in properties like label, but they can be find in dtb after
> build so that fixup on dtb can find a node efficiently. So I think the aliases
> for the phy nodes is also reasonable. Many others boards also use labels for
> various dts nodes.
Ok, fair enough.
I still think it would be a good idea in general to let all boot loaders
find nodes and properties by label, which in theory should be simpler
than finding them by aliases, but if they don't do that today it should
not stop your file from getting merged.
Arnd
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-25 10:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-22 7:45 (unknown), Jingchang Lu
[not found] ` <1411371952-5618-1-git-send-email-jingchang.lu-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-22 7:45 ` [PATCHv4 1/6] ARM: dts: Add SoC level device tree support for LS1021A Jingchang Lu
[not found] ` <1411371952-5618-2-git-send-email-jingchang.lu-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-26 5:49 ` Shawn Guo
2014-09-22 7:45 ` [PATCHv4 2/6] ARM: dts: Add initial LS1021A QDS board dts support Jingchang Lu
2014-09-26 6:13 ` Shawn Guo
2014-09-26 7:51 ` Li.Xiubo-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg
2014-09-28 8:48 ` Jingchang Lu
[not found] ` <7ecfaed8cb1b4c228ee2eb20aab33429-AZ66ij2kwab4MB1ZSnT4iOO6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-30 9:39 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-09-22 7:45 ` [PATCHv4 3/6] ARM: dts: Add initial LS1021A TWR " Jingchang Lu
[not found] ` <1411371952-5618-4-git-send-email-jingchang.lu-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-23 14:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-09-24 5:47 ` Jingchang Lu
[not found] ` <a83d5601a26b4e45be5e5016de287287-AZ66ij2kwab4MB1ZSnT4iOO6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-24 9:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-09-24 11:00 ` Jingchang Lu
[not found] ` <bb122a232a1c40559e84a058f3d003b4-AZ66ij2kwab4MB1ZSnT4iOO6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-24 15:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-09-25 8:06 ` Jingchang Lu
[not found] ` <1b72af7d8c90492ba91115ef958bbda7-GeMU99GfrruQxk8BmD671+O6mTEJWrR4XA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-25 10:57 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2014-09-22 7:45 ` [PATCHv4 4/6] dt-bindings: arm: add Freescale LS1021A SoC device tree binding Jingchang Lu
[not found] ` <1411371952-5618-5-git-send-email-jingchang.lu-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-26 6:18 ` Shawn Guo
2014-09-22 7:45 ` [PATCHv4 5/6] ARM: imx: Add initial support for Freescale LS1021A Jingchang Lu
[not found] ` <1411371952-5618-6-git-send-email-jingchang.lu-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-26 6:30 ` Shawn Guo
2014-09-22 7:45 ` [PATCHv4 6/6] ARM: imx: Add Freescale LS1021A SMP support Jingchang Lu
2014-09-26 6:33 ` Shawn Guo
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