max openfirmware property size

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Aug 13 01:52:50 EST 2004


> Does the openfirmware spec say something about the maximum size of the
> 'name' and 'compatible' property?
> I guess the content lenght is undefined.

It says nothing specific to "name" or "compatible".  So their
maximum size is the maximum size that fits into a cell, i.e.
0xffffffff on most systems.


Segher


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