On 9/19/2012 10:24 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wednesday 19 September 2012, Matt Porter wrote: >>> +Optional properties: >>> +- #dma-channels: Number of DMA channels supported by the controller. >>> +- #dma-requests: Number of DMA requests signals supported by the >>> + controller. >> >> Shouldn't these two optional properties drop the prefix #? By >> convention adopted from the various original OF/ePAPR/etc specs, the >> only properties I would expect to see with this prefix are the >> "*-cells" cell sizes. A quick search indicates this is the case >> throughout all the current bindings. > > I always assumed that the # prefix is used to indicate that we are counting > things instead of listing them.
Your assumption is historically correct. It seems that usage has drifted somewhat. > > Arnd > _______________________________________________ > devicetree-discuss mailing list > devicetree-disc...@lists.ozlabs.org > https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/devicetree-discuss > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
