> A strict reading of the flattened device tree format defined in > booting-without-of.txt does in fact require that all the tags defining > properties for a node go before any definitions of subnodes, however > it's not particularly emphasised. Although allowing intermingled > properties and subnodes would not be ambiguous in meaning, the kernel > parser does currently require that properties precede subnodes. > Furthermore, keeping this constraint makes life easier for various > device tree scanning tools. > > Therefore, re-emphasise in booting-without-of.txt that this is a > strict requirement of the flattened device tree format.
Do you want to require this for device tree source files, too? I think that's how the tools work right now but that's not made explicit anywhere afaik. Segher _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
