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-Device Tree Source Format (version 1)
-=====================================
-
-The Device Tree Source (DTS) format is a textual representation of a
-device tree in a form that can be processed by dtc into a binary
-device tree in the form expected by the kernel. The description below
-is not a formal syntax definition of DTS, but describes the basic
-constructs used to represent device trees.
-
-Node and property definitions
------------------------------
-
-Device tree nodes are defined with a node name and unit address with
-braces marking the start and end of the node definition. They may be
-preceded by a label.
-
- [label:] node-name[@unit-address] {
- [properties definitions]
- [child nodes]
- }
-
-Nodes may contain property definitions and/or child node
-definitions. If both are present, properties must come before child
-nodes.
-
-Property definitions are name value pairs in the form:
- [label:] property-name = value;
-except for properties with empty (zero length) value which have the
-form:
- [label:] property-name;
-
-Property values may be defined as an array of 8, 16, 32, or 64-bit integer
-elements, as NUL-terminated strings, as bytestrings or a combination of these.
-
-* Arrays are represented by angle brackets surrounding a space separated list
- of C-style integers or character literals. Array elements default to 32-bits
- in size. An array of 32-bit elements is also known as a cell list or a list
- of cells. A cell being an unsigned 32-bit integer.
-
- e.g. interrupts = <17 0xc>;
-
-* A 64-bit value can be represented with two 32-bit elements.
-
- e.g. clock-frequency = <0x00000001 0x00000000>;
-
-* The storage size of an element can be changed using the /bits/ prefix. The
- /bits/ prefix allows for the creation of 8, 16, 32, and 64-bit elements.
- The resulting array will not be padded to a multiple of the default 32-bit
- element size.
-
- e.g. interrupts = /bits/ 8 <17 0xc>;
- e.g. clock-frequency = /bits/ 64 <0x0000000100000000>;
-
-* A NUL-terminated string value is represented using double quotes
- (the property value is considered to include the terminating NUL
- character).
-
- e.g. compatible = "simple-bus";
-
-* A bytestring is enclosed in square brackets [] with each byte
- represented by two hexadecimal digits. Spaces between each byte are
- optional.
-
- e.g. local-mac-address = [00 00 12 34 56 78]; or equivalently
- local-mac-address = [000012345678];
-
-* Values may have several comma-separated components, which are
- concatenated together.
- e.g. compatible = "ns16550", "ns8250";
- example = <0xf00f0000 19>, "a strange property format";
-
-* In an array a reference to another node will be expanded to that node's
- phandle. References may by '&' followed by a node's label:
- e.g. interrupt-parent = < &mpic >;
- or they may be '&' followed by a node's full path in braces:
- e.g. interrupt-parent = < &{/soc/interrupt-controller@40000} >;
- References are only permitted in arrays that have an element size of
- 32-bits.
-
-* Outside an array, a reference to another node will be expanded to that
- node's full path.
- e.g. ethernet0 = &EMAC0;
-
-* Labels may also appear before or after any component of a property
- value, or between elements of an array, or between bytes of a bytestring.
- e.g. reg = reglabel: <0 sizelabel: 0x1000000>;
- e.g. prop = [ab cd ef byte4: 00 ff fe];
- e.g. str = start: "string value" end: ;
-
-
-File layout
------------
-
-Version 1 DTS files have the overall layout:
- /dts-v1/;
-
- [memory reservations]
-
- / {
- [property definitions]
- [child nodes]
- };
-
-* The "/dts-v1/;" must be present to identify the file as a version 1
- DTS (dts files without this tag will be treated by dtc as being in
- the obsolete "version 0", which uses a different format for integers
- amongst other small but incompatible changes).
-
-* Memory reservations define an entry for the device tree blob's
- memory reservation table. They have the form:
- e.g. /memreserve/ <address> <length>;
- Where <address> and <length> are 64-bit C-style integers.
-
-* The / { ... }; section defines the root node of the device tree.
-
-* C style (/* ... */) and C++ style (// ...) comments are supported.
-
-
-
- -- David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
- -- Yoder Stuart <stuart.yoder@freescale.com>
- -- Anton Staaf <robotboy@chromium.org>