Re: [RFC PATCH 3/7] doc: dt: mtd: partition: add on-flash format binding

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi David,

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 7:00 AM, David Gibson
<david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> If the only property needed is the partition table offset, it can be encoded
>> in the unit-address, and the "reg" property:
>>
>>         partitions {
>>
>>                 partition-table@xxxx {
>>                         reg = <0xxxx ...>;
>>                         ...
>>                 };
>>
>>                 ...
>>         };
>
> Urgh.. and that's abusing the unit address.

Why? The partition is part of the FLASH. In this respect, it doesn't differ
from other hardcoded partitions using the same DT syntax.
It would just have a compatible value indicating it's a partition table.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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