Re: DT case sensitivity

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On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 10:14:01AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> Another question: Is there ever a case where the node name in the path
> aka 'driver-name' doesn't match the 'name' property? I think this
> generally can't happen on FDT as the 'name' property is generated when
> we unflatten it though I suppose one could craft an FDT with name
> properties.

In Open Firmware, it *is* the "name" property :-)

> There's also various places in the kernel that check for a NULL name
> which doesn't seem like it could happen either other than the root
> node.

In Open Firmware the root node is required to have a "name" property, too.
There are systems that violate that rule (as with most rules...)


Segher



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