Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm/dt: add very basic dts file for babbage board
From: Grant Likely <hidden>
Date: 2011-02-23 18:59:57
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2011-03-07 · Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm/dt: add very basic dts file for babbage board · Jason Hui <hidden>
- 2011-02-28 · Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm/dt: add very basic dts file for babbage board · Grant Likely <hidden>
- 2011-02-28 · Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm/dt: add very basic dts file for babbage board · Shawn Guo <hidden>
- 2011-02-26 · Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm/dt: add very basic dts file for babbage board · Shawn Guo <hidden>
- 2011-02-22 · Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm/dt: add very basic dts file for babbage board · Shawn Guo <hidden>
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:13:10PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
Hi Grant, Thanks for the explanation in details. One more minor doubt below ... On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:10:24AM -0700, Grant Likely wrote:quoted
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Shawn Guo [off-list ref] wrote:[...]quoted
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+ }; + }; + + clocks { + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; +Can we use hex value here to keep the consistency throughout the file?For #address-cells and #size-cells use decimal integers.If I run 'dtc -I dts -O dts -o babbage-dtc.dts babbage.dts', I see babbage-dtc.dts have these two decimal values written into the hex.
Property values don't have any inherent type checking. Once it is in internal form, dtc has no way of knowing the preferred representation and it just makes a guess. When it comes to maintaining .dts files; humans like looking at decimal numbers, so we use decimal for #address/#size-cells. g.