[PATCH] [POWERPC] [v2] Improved documentation of device tree 'ranges'.

Grant Likely grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Tue Dec 4 14:22:50 EST 2007


On 12/3/07, David Gibson <david at gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 05:08:57PM -0800, Stephen Neuendorffer wrote:
> > I was misled by the prior language.  I've attempted to clarify how
> > 'ranges' are used, in particular, how to get an identity mapping.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Neuendorffer <stephen.neuendorffer at xilinx.com>
>
> Acked-by: David Gibson <david at gibson.dropbear.id.au>

Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>

>
> Thanks for the update.  I particularly dislike the "1:1" terminology,
> because in maths-speak *any* ranges translation is 1:1, unless it
> includes overlapping ranges.
>
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