Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 1/2] device property: Add function to search for named child of device

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21 June 2016 13:00, Mika Westerberg wrote:

> > > > > +static inline bool acpi_data_node_match(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
> > > > > +					const char *name)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +	return is_acpi_data_node(fwnode) ?
> > > > > +		(!strcasecmp(to_acpi_data_node(fwnode)->name, name)) :
> false;
> > > > > +}
> > > >
> > > > Looks fine to me.
> > > >
> > > > One question - is it expected that matching ACPI data nodes is always
> > > > case insensitive?
> > >
> > > That would not be a correct expectation in theory, although I don't think it
> > > really matters in practice.
> >
> > From my reading of the Hierarchical Data Extension and ACPI Spec, I thought
> > that was the case (section 19.3.1 ASL Names - ASL names are not case-sensitive
> > and will be converted to upper case). Am I misreading the documents/missing
> > something else?
> 
> Those are names in the ASL code itself.
> 
> What we are talking here are actually just string values (name of the
> data node).

Understood. For DT they are case insensitive (except for Sparc platforms) so
having ACPI match seems to make sense. I can add a comment indicating this,
just for clarity.
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