Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: add interrupt-names property to get interrupt resource by name

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On 03/18/2013 01:11 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 03/18/2013 09:50 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On 03/13/2013 05:42 PM, Sylwester Nawrocki wrote:
>>> Rob,
>>>
>>> On 03/13/2013 03:39 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>> I fail to see what the hack is. The order of interrupt properties must
>>>> be defined by the binding. interrupt-names is auxiliary data and must
>>>> not be required by an OS.
> 
> Is that true for all foo-names properties, or only for interrupt-names?
> I was under the impression that foo-names was specifically invented so
> that the order of the entries didn't matter, and instead they could be
> requested by name.

I think it depends on the specific name the property is tied too. For
interrupt and reg properties which have a long history and convention,
the order should be defined. IIRC, this was Grant's position too. For
new bindings, perhaps we can be more lenient.

Rob
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