[RESEND][POWERPC] mpc5200: Amalgamated dts fixes and updates

Grant Likely grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Thu Mar 27 08:16:47 EST 2008


On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Matt Sealey <matt at genesi-usa.com> wrote:
> Bartlomiej Sieka wrote:
>  > +
>  > +                     phy0:ethernet-phy at 0 {
>  > +                             device_type = "ethernet-phy";@0"
>  > +                             reg = <0>;
>  > +                     };
>
>  What's the parsing of this pan out to? What does it mean?
>
>  Having colons in device names is totally contrary to OF device naming
>  spec. Does the part after the colon have a special meaning to the DTC?

"phy0:" is a label used by dtc.
"ethernet-phy at 0" is the node name.

>
>  I also was under the impression that device_type was invalid in a DTS
>  file, have we changed our minds again?

No, we haven't.  It kind of sneaked back in for ethernet phys.  I
don't know why.

Cheers,
g.

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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.



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