[PATCH] of: Add a reg-names property to name reg entries

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Oct 25 06:29:45 EDT 2011


>> +		compatible = "ti,mcasp";
>> +		reg = <0 0x10 0x10>, <0 0x20 0x10>,
>> +		      <1 0x10 0x10>, <1 0x20 0x10>;
>> +		reg-names = "mpu", "dat",
>> +			    "dma", "dma_dat";
>
> Hmm for some systems looks like this can also solve how to pass the
> mux signal names cleanly from DT.

What problem does any of this solve?  The device binding for the
"mcasp" device will have to describe the possible "reg-names", and
what those mean; but the binding already has to describe its "reg"
property anyway.

The example looks like something that should be more properly done
with subdevices, not sure.


Segher




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