On 13.02.2008 18:11, ron minnich wrote: > On Feb 13, 2008 9:05 AM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Alternatives are "-" (used by memreserve and inside names) or ":" (used >> by memreg) or "_" (used inside names). I hope at least one of them is >> considered as reasonable alternative. >> > > @ in this case seperates the type of resources (pci) from the instance > of it (device, function). > > So @ is a seperator. Using _ will add ambiguity as it is NOT a > seperator. same problem for -. >
OK. > Stepan, will the OFW guys kill us if we allow ':' as well as @. > > I still am not sure that allowing @ AND : is really that good an idea > -- it means some dts files will not look like others; and if we put > the dts binary blob in the lar, tools that translate the blob to > source (such as the dtc itself) will print @, not :. > In that case I'd retract my opposition to @, but only if the v3 design doc gets an additional paragraph specifying the syntax with a hint to potential misunderstandings with @. > I'm happy to allow ':' but be aware it's not problem-free. > Thanks for giving an analysis of the separator problem. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
