From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:32:56 -0700 From: "Mark A. Greer" To: Josh Boyer Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: #address-cells & #size-cells properties not inherited Message-ID: <20080103153256.GA18716@mag.az.mvista.com> References: <20080103000750.GA22035@mag.az.mvista.com> <20080102194640.48c97d0c@vader.jdub.homelinux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20080102194640.48c97d0c@vader.jdub.homelinux.org> Cc: linuxppc-dev , David Gibson List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 07:46:40PM -0600, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:07:50 -0700 > "Mark A. Greer" wrote: > > > From: Mark A. Greer > > > > Fix error in booting-without-of.txt that indicates that a node can inherit > > its #address-cells and #size-cells definitions from its parent's parent. > > This is not correct and the latest dtc enforces it. > > I'm lazy so I haven't checked myself, but by "latest dtc" does that > mean the DTC that's in the kernel now? > > Things are going to be fun when we start saying generic things like > "latest DTC". And when upstream DTC gets new features or enforcements, > we'll have to have all the in-kernel DTS files patched up when that > version of DTC gets merged in-kernel. Just something to keep in mind > as we move along. Yeah, I thought about that last night, actually. I think I'll just change that sentence to "This is not correct." Avoid the issue :) Mark