On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 5:28 AM Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> while the v0.2 spec claims, in sec 2.2.1, that valid characters for
> a node name can include both upper and lower case letters, that
> section says nothing i can see about case sensitivity.
Yes, strings are case sensitive.
> i ask since the example in the previous section uses a model value
> of "fsl,mpc8572ds", whereas the current kernel code in fact
> exclusively uses upper case for the board model name in arch/powerpc:
Examples are just examples and may not reflect actual bindings...
But we should probably fix this and not needlessly differ.
>
> $ cd arch/powerpc
> [rpjday@localhost powerpc]$ git grep -i "fsl,mpc8572ds"
> boot/dts/fsl/mpc8572ds.dts: model = "fsl,MPC8572DS";
> boot/dts/fsl/mpc8572ds.dts: compatible = "fsl,MPC8572DS";
> boot/dts/fsl/mpc8572ds_36b.dts: model = "fsl,MPC8572DS";
> boot/dts/fsl/mpc8572ds_36b.dts: compatible = "fsl,MPC8572DS";
> boot/dts/fsl/mpc8572ds_camp_core0.dts: model = "fsl,MPC8572DS";
> boot/dts/fsl/mpc8572ds_camp_core0.dts: compatible = "fsl,MPC8572DS", "fsl,MPC8572DS-CAMP";
> boot/dts/fsl/mpc8572ds_camp_core1.dts: model = "fsl,MPC8572DS";
> boot/dts/fsl/mpc8572ds_camp_core1.dts: compatible = "fsl,MPC8572DS", "fsl,MPC8572DS-CAMP";
> platforms/85xx/ge_imp3a.c: if (of_machine_is_compatible("fsl,MPC8572DS-CAMP")) {
> platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_ds.c: if (of_machine_is_compatible("fsl,MPC8572DS-CAMP")) {
> platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_ds.c: return !!of_machine_is_compatible("fsl,MPC8572DS");
> $
>
> which means that anyone as pedentically obsessed as i am might be a
> bit unsure about case sensitivity.
>
> thoughts?
>
> rday
>
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