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From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Subject: Re: [RESEND][POWERPC] mpc5200: Amalgamated dts fixes and updates
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 03:16:47PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com> wrote:
> > Bartlomiej Sieka wrote:
> >  > +
> >  > +                     phy0:ethernet-phy@0 {
> >  > +                             device_type = "ethernet-phy";@0"
> >  > +                             reg = <0>;
> >  > +                     };
> >
> >  What's the parsing of this pan out to? What does it mean?
> >
> >  Having colons in device names is totally contrary to OF device naming
> >  spec. Does the part after the colon have a special meaning to the DTC?
> 
> "phy0:" is a label used by dtc.
> "ethernet-phy@0" is the node name.

I would suggest a space after the colon though, to make this clearer.
That's the style I've been using in all my dts files.

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