On 04/17/2013 03:14 AM, Mark Rutland wrote: > Hi Stephen, > >>> + - enable-method >>> + Usage: required on ARM 64-bit systems, optional on ARM 32-bit >>> + systems >>> + Value type: <string> >>> + Definition: On ARM 64-bit systems must be "spin-table" [1]. >> >> Can that be an integer instead? with dtc+cpp support, that shouldn't >> hurt the eyes too much any more. > > The "enable-method" property is described as a stringlist by ePAPR, and is > currently in use on arm64 as such. It *must* remain a string(list) for arm64. > > Having it as an integer for arm is only going to cause us additional work, > makes it impossible to share a common dt between 64bit and 32bit, and goes > against the standard. I think it should be a stringlist for arm.
OK, that's a great reason for this case. I hope we don't introduce any more standards that use strings, but that may just be my personal preference... _______________________________________________ devicetree-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/devicetree-discuss
