[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/2] fdt: Add fdtdec_find_aliases() to deal with alias nodes

[Jerry Van Baren]

On 01/17/2012 01:20 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Stephen Warren pointed out that we should use nodes whether or not they
> have an alias in the /aliases section. The aliases section specifies the
> order so far as it can, but is not essential. Operating without alisses

Nitpick: aliases

> is useful when the enumerated order of nodes does not matter (admittedly
> rare in U-Boot).
> 
> This is considerably more complex, and it is important to keep this
> complexity out of driver code. This patch creates a function
> fdtdec_find_aliases() which returns an ordered list of node offsets
> for a particular compatible ID, taking account of alias nodes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass<sjg at chromium.org>

Acked-by: Gerald Van Baren <vanbaren at cideas.com>

Thanks,
gvb