[PATCH Resend V2] dt: add helper function to read u8 & u16 variables & arrays

[Viresh Kumar]

On 11 November 2012 19:42, Rob Herring <robherring2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/06/2012 10:22 PM, viresh kumar wrote:

>>                 cluster0: cluster at 0 {
>> +                       data1 = <0x50 0x60 0x70>;
>> +                       data2 = <0x5000 0x6000 0x7000>;
>> +                       data3 = <0x50000000 0x60000000 0x70000000>;
>
> So there is a mismatch in our assumptions. You are just truncating
> 32-bit values. I assumed you were using the 8 and 16 bit sizes that are
> now supported in dts. I don't think we should just truncate values
> blindly. We have support for specifying 8 and 16 values now so you
> should use that and define that as part of a binding.

Sorry couldn't get your point at all :(
What did you mean by "truncating 32 bit values" and how should we
tell via DT, that the value passed is 8 bit, 16 bit or 32 bit?

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viresh