linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] of: remove *phandle properties from expanded device tree

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Date:   Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:58:45 -0700
From:   Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@...aro.org>
Cc:     devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] of: remove *phandle properties from expanded device
 tree

Hi Stephen,

I left you off the distribution list, sorry...

On 04/14/17 20:55, frowand.list@...il.com wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...y.com>
> 
> Remove "phandle" and "linux,phandle" properties from the internal
> device tree.  The phandle will still be in the struct device_node
> phandle field.
> 
> This is to resolve the issue found by Stephen Boyd [1] when he changed
> the type of struct property.value from void * to const void *.  As
> a result of the type change, the overlay code had compile errors
> where the resolver updates phandle values.
> 
>   [1] http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1702.1/04160.html
> 
> Patch 1 is the phandle related changes.
> 
> Patches 2 - 4 are minor fixups for issues that became visible
> while implementing patch 1.
> 
> Frank Rowand (4):
>   of: remove *phandle properties from expanded device tree
>   of: make __of_attach_node() static
>   of: be consistent in form of file mode
>   of: detect invalid phandle in overlay
> 
>  drivers/of/base.c       | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  drivers/of/dynamic.c    | 31 ++++++++++++++++-------------
>  drivers/of/fdt.c        | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  drivers/of/of_private.h |  1 -
>  drivers/of/overlay.c    |  8 +++++---
>  drivers/of/resolver.c   | 23 +--------------------
>  include/linux/of.h      |  1 +
>  7 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
>