Re: Device tree node names

On 8/17/2012 1:36 AM, Mark Brown wrote:

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:36:31AM -1000, Mitch Bradley wrote:

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The main "rule" for node names is that a user browsing the device tree
can easily determine what something is.  Thus "ethernet" instead of
"DEC,21140".

Does this actually buy us much?  It seems like it's something that's
much better addressed through comments in the device tree than with
syntax.

By "comments in the device tree", I assume that you mean "comments in
the DTS source file".  In real Open Firmware, there is no DTS source
file - device nodes are created dynamically by the boot firmware.
Pathnames are visible to, and typed by, users of that firmware.