[patch 1/7] dt: dtb version: consolidate documentation of chosen node bindings

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Thu Mar 19 06:40:27 PDT 2015


On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 03:31:50AM +0000, Frank Rowand wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand at sonymobile.com>
> 
> Documentation of bindings in node /chosen are scattered in several bindings
> files.  If not already in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt, add
> a pointer in that file to where the property and node bindings are described.
> 
> This is a clean up in anticipation of adding another node binding in /chosen.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand at sonymobile.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt |   31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
> @@ -44,3 +44,34 @@ Implementation note: Linux will look for
>  on PowerPC "stdout" if "stdout-path" is not found.  However, the
>  "linux,stdout-path" and "stdout" properties are deprecated. New platforms
>  should only use the "stdout-path" property.
> +
> +
> +Properties documented in other bindings
> +---------------------------------------
> +#address-cells                          video/simple-framebuffer-sunxi.txt
> +
> +#size-cells                             video/simple-framebuffer-sunxi.txt
> +
> +bootargs                                booting-without-of.txt
> +                                        usage-model.txt
> +
> +initrd-end                              usage-model.txt
> +initrd-start                            usage-model.txt
> +
> +interrupt-controller (obsolete)         booting-without-of.txt
> +
> +linux,pci-probe-only                    pci/host-generic-pci.txt
> +
> +linux,stdout-path                       booting-without-of.txt
> +
> +ranges                                  video/simple-framebuffer-sunxi.txt
> +
> +stdout-path                             video/simple-framebuffer.txt

The usual form of stdout-path is documented immediately above this
section. That should probably be updated to refer to the
video/simple-framebuffer.txt case.

Mark.



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