[PATCH V6 1/2] of: Add generic device tree DMA helpers
Rob Herring
robherring2 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 20 00:36:36 EST 2012
On 09/19/2012 09:24 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 September 2012, Matt Porter wrote:
>>> +Optional properties:
>>> +- #dma-channels: Number of DMA channels supported by the controller.
>>> +- #dma-requests: Number of DMA requests signals supported by the
>>> + controller.
>>
>> Shouldn't these two optional properties drop the prefix #? By
>> convention adopted from the various original OF/ePAPR/etc specs, the
>> only properties I would expect to see with this prefix are the
>> "*-cells" cell sizes. A quick search indicates this is the case
>> throughout all the current bindings.
>
> I always assumed that the # prefix is used to indicate that we are counting
> things instead of listing them.
Lots of properties count things, but don't have a #. nr_gpios or spi
chipselect counts for example. I'd say drop the #.
Rob
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