10.12.2021 18:22, Thierry Reding пишет: > On Wed, Dec 08, 2021 at 08:35:48PM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote: >> From: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Add phandle names for memory/I2C/SPI/USB/SDMMC controller nodes to allow >> for cleaner device descriptions. >> >> Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra30.dtsi | 36 +++++++++++++++++----------------- >> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) > > We typically only add those when they are really needed. These are > technically harmless because without a reference, DTC won't actually > create a phandle property, but dangling labels are the kind of thing > that some janitor may at some point want to remove with some scripts, > so I'm hesitant to apply this because it'll likely cause churn in the > future. The plan is to add labels for T20 and switch all DTs to use those phandles consistently, but that's the plan for the next kernel release. Those labels are practically useful when you porting something from old downstream kernel because it uses those human-readable names instead of the addresses.
