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author | Mark A. Greer <mgreer@mvista.com> | 2008-01-03 10:40:47 -0500 |
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committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2008-01-16 22:57:35 -0500 |
commit | 5b14e5f9ddbb1bd32a876cac75f5f3ecfd353063 (patch) | |
tree | b6bfc903f6dfd92742a2e1ee0156b233d4a8f3b5 /Documentation | |
parent | 10804f0fb89561d63b2131be17cfaf8d1a30468c (diff) |
[POWERPC] #address-cells & #size-cells properties are not inherited
Fix error in booting-without-of.txt that indicates that a node can inherit
its #address-cells and #size-cells definitions from its parent's parent.
This is not correct.
Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index bf18537f36a5..6d1d0856063e 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | |||
@@ -671,10 +671,10 @@ device or bus to be described by the device tree. | |||
671 | 671 | ||
672 | In general, the format of an address for a device is defined by the | 672 | In general, the format of an address for a device is defined by the |
673 | parent bus type, based on the #address-cells and #size-cells | 673 | parent bus type, based on the #address-cells and #size-cells |
674 | property. In the absence of such a property, the parent's parent | 674 | properties. Note that the parent's parent definitions of #address-cells |
675 | values are used, etc... The kernel requires the root node to have | 675 | and #size-cells are not inhereted so every node with children must specify |
676 | those properties defining addresses format for devices directly mapped | 676 | them. The kernel requires the root node to have those properties defining |
677 | on the processor bus. | 677 | addresses format for devices directly mapped on the processor bus. |
678 | 678 | ||
679 | Those 2 properties define 'cells' for representing an address and a | 679 | Those 2 properties define 'cells' for representing an address and a |
680 | size. A "cell" is a 32-bit number. For example, if both contain 2 | 680 | size. A "cell" is a 32-bit number. For example, if both contain 2 |