> As well as fdt_subnode_offset(), libfdt includes an > fdt_subnode_offset_namelen() function that takes the subnode name to > look up not as a NUL-terminated string, but as a string with an > explicit length. This can be useful when the caller has the name as > part of a longer string, such as a full path. > > However, we don't have corresponding 'namelen' versions for > fdt_get_property() and fdt_getprop(). There are less obvious use > cases for these variants on property names, but there are > circumstances where they can be useful e.g. looking up property names > which need to be parsed from a longer string buffer such as user input > or a configuration file, or looking up an alias in a path with > IEEE1275 style aliases. > > So, since it's very easy to implement such variants, this patch does > so. The original NUL-terminated variants are, of course, implemented > in terms of the namelen versions. > > Signed-off-by: David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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