hex number case in dts files.
David Gibson
david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Thu Feb 9 20:25:38 EST 2012
On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 04:29:50PM -0800, David Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:19:21AM +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 12:20:33PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > On 02/09/2012 12:04 PM, David Brown wrote:
> > > > I've noticed an inconsistency in the case of letters in hex constants
> > > > in various dts files. The ones that are actually numbers probably
> > > > don't really matter, the but the node names are case sensitive
> > > > strings, and in some sense do matter.
> > > >
> > > > I ask because some people I've spoken with internally seem to have
> > > > strong opinions about what case hex constants should be, and it'd be
> > > > nice to be able to have some guideline about this. Historically, I've
> > > > always seen DT hex values in lowercase.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Lower case should be used for dts files.
> >
> > Yes, the node names should always have the hex done in lower case. I
> > have plans to put more checks in for how reg is encoded into node
> > names, but just need to get time.
>
> What about number of digits? Should a register at 0x42 be
> node at 00000042 or node at 42? Again, I'm seeing both.
node at 42
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