[resend] Make the kernel accept ePAPR style phandle information
Wolfram Sang
w.sang at pengutronix.de
Mon Feb 1 21:00:17 EST 2010
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 03:52:42PM +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> Grant, I've updated this for your current test-devicetree branch.
> Please apply.
>
> Currently when processing flattened device trees, the kernel expects
> the phandle in a property called "linux,phandle". The ePAPR spec -
> not being Linux specific - instead requires phandles to be encoded in
> a property named simply "phandle". This patch makes the kernel accept
> either form when unflattening the device tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david at gibson.dropbear.id.au>
>
> Index: working-2.6/drivers/of/fdt.c
> ===================================================================
> --- working-2.6.orig/drivers/of/fdt.c 2010-02-01 15:51:44.000000000 +1100
> +++ working-2.6/drivers/of/fdt.c 2010-02-01 15:51:46.458557615 +1100
> @@ -310,10 +310,19 @@ unsigned long __init unflatten_dt_node(u
> pp = unflatten_dt_alloc(&mem, sizeof(struct property),
> __alignof__(struct property));
> if (allnextpp) {
> - if (strcmp(pname, "linux,phandle") == 0) {
> + /* We accept flattened tree phandles either in
> + * ePAPR-style "phandle" properties, or the
> + * legacy "linux,phandle" properties. If both
> + * appear and have different values, things
> + * will get weird. Don't do that. */
I don't want to be just pedantic, I really think the preferred way of
multi-line comments
/*
* foo
* bar
*/
will help readability a lot here.
> + if ((strcmp(pname, "phandle") == 0)
> + || (strcmp(pname, "linux,phandle") == 0)) {
> if (np->phandle == 0)
> np->phandle = *((u32 *)*p);
> }
> + /* And we process the "ibm,phandle" property
> + * used in pSeries dynamic device tree
> + * stuff */
> if (strcmp(pname, "ibm,phandle") == 0)
> np->phandle = *((u32 *)*p);
> pp->name = pname;
>
> --
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> david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_
> | _way_ _around_!
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