This patch documents a few more functions in libfdt.h. It also makes
a slight update to the description of the FDT_ERR_INTERNAL error code.
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Index: dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
===================================================================
--- dtc.orig/libfdt/libfdt.h 2007-11-05 14:08:10.000000000 +1100
+++ dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h 2007-11-05 14:23:17.000000000 +1100
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@
/* "Can't happen" error indicating a bug in libfdt */
#define FDT_ERR_INTERNAL 12
/* FDT_ERR_INTERNAL: libfdt has failed an internal assertion.
- * Indicates a bug in libfdt itself. */
+ * Should never be returned, if it is, it indicates a bug in
+ * libfdt itself. */
#define FDT_ERR_MAX 12
@@ -437,9 +438,81 @@ static inline void *fdt_getprop_w(void *
*/
int fdt_get_path(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, char *buf, int buflen);
+/**
+ * fdt_supernode_atdepth_offset - find a specific ancestor of a node
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node whose parent to find
+ * @supernodedepth: depth of the ancestor to find
+ * @nodedepth: pointer to an integer variable (will be overwritten) or NULL
+ *
+ * fdt_supernode_atdepth_offset() finds an ancestor of the given node
+ * at a specific depth from the root (where the root itself has depth
+ * 0, its immediate subnodes depth 1 and so forth). So
+ * fdt_supernode_atdepth_offset(fdt, nodeoffset, 0, NULL);
+ * will always return 0, the offset of the root node. If the node at
+ * nodeoffset has depth D, then:
+ * fdt_supernode_atdepth_offset(fdt, nodeoffset, D, NULL);
+ * will return nodeoffset itself.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This function is expensive, as it must scan the device tree
+ * structure from the start to nodeoffset.
+ *
+ * returns:
+
+ * structure block offset of the node at node offset's ancestor
+ * of depth supernodedepth (>=0), on success
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET, nodeoffset does not refer to a BEGIN_NODE tag
+* -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND, supernodedepth was greater than the depth of
nodeoffset
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE, standard meanings
+ */
int fdt_supernode_atdepth_offset(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
int supernodedepth, int *nodedepth);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_node_depth - find the depth of a given node
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node whose parent to find
+ *
+ * fdt_node_depth() finds the depth of a given node. The root node
+ * has depth 0, its immediate subnodes depth 1 and so forth.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This function is expensive, as it must scan the device tree
+ * structure from the start to nodeoffset.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ * depth of the node at nodeoffset (>=0), on success
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET, nodeoffset does not refer to a BEGIN_NODE tag
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE, standard meanings
+ */
int fdt_node_depth(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_parent_offset - find the parent of a given node
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node whose parent to find
+ *
+ * fdt_parent_offset() locates the parent node of a given node (that
+ * is, it finds the offset of the node which contains the node at
+ * nodeoffset as a subnode).
+ *
+ * NOTE: This function is expensive, as it must scan the device tree
+ * structure from the start to nodeoffset, *twice*.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ * stucture block offset of the parent of the node at nodeoffset
+ * (>=0), on success
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET, nodeoffset does not refer to a BEGIN_NODE tag
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE, standard meanings
+ */
int fdt_parent_offset(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
int fdt_node_offset_by_prop_value(const void *fdt, int startoffset,
--
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