Re: [PATCH 4/4] ARM: dts: Extend exynos5420-pinctrl nodes using labels instead of paths

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On 08.07.2015 14:46, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> A previously defined Device Tree node, can be extended either by defining
> a node using the same full path or by creating a label for the node and
> referencing to it.
> 
> Using full paths is more error prone since if there was a typo error, a
> new node will be created instead of extending the node as it was desired.
> This will lead to run-time errors that could be hard to detect.
> 
> A misstyped label on the other hand, will cause a dtc compile error which

s/misstyped/mistyped/

> makes it easier to detect the mistake since happens at build-time instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> 
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5420-pinctrl.dtsi | 1411 ++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 705 insertions(+), 706 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Krzysztof

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