On 06/13/16 22:10, David Gibson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 08:53:37PM -0700, Frank Rowand wrote: >> On 06/13/16 18:10, David Gibson wrote: < snip > >>> Here's my inclination for how to treat this in dtc for the time being: >>> 1) Leave the bulk of dtc case sensitive, as now >>> 2) Add a new check which will generate an error if there are node >>> names which differ only in case. >>> >>> Any objections to that plan? >> >> I think that the kernel should match the current behavior of dtc. >> >> I agree with "1)". >> >> I don't think that "2)" is required. I think it is a really dumb idea for >> anyone to create a dts with node names that differ only in case. But I >> don't think it is the compiler's job to protect people from being dumb. >> An analogue would be the C language and compilers. The C compiler doesn't >> error on a program that has variables "foo" and "Foo". > > Hmm.. actually I think protecting you from being dumb is exactly the > purpose of compiler warnings. Now that you found that quote from > 1275, which is pretty definitive as far as I'm concerned, I'd expect > to reduce that error to a warning (by default). A warning is ok by me. -Frank -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree-spec" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
