Re: [PATCH 2/4] ARM: dts: Extend exynos5250-pinctrl nodes using labels instead of paths

From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Wed Jul 08 2015 - 10:05:52 EST


Hello Krzysztof,

On 07/08/2015 01:29 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 08.07.2015 14:36, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> A previously defined Device Tree node, can be extended either by defining
>> a node using the same full path or by creating a label for the node and
>> referencing to it.
>>
>> Using full paths is more error prone since if there was a typo error, a
>> new node will be created instead of extending the node as it was desired.
>> This will lead to run-time errors that could be hard to detect.
>>
>> A misstyped label on the other hand, will cause a dtc compile error which
>
> s/misstyped/mistyped/
>

sigh, it's so ironic that I mistyped that.

Do you want me to re-post the whole series with the typo fixed or you /
Kukjin would fix in both patches when applying?

>> makes it easier to detect the mistake since happens at build-time instead.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-pinctrl.dtsi | 1600 ++++++++++++++---------------
>> 1 file changed, 799 insertions(+), 801 deletions(-)
>>
>
> I didn't look carefully enough to call it a review (I trust the 'diff'
> of yours) but it seems fine to me:
>
> Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>

Thanks a lot for.

> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>

Best regards,

--
Javier Martinez Canillas
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America
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