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Subject[PATCHv2 1/3] dt/bindings: Add the DT binding documentation for endianness
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Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <Li.Xiubo@freescale.com>
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.../devicetree/bindings/endianness/endianness.txt | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/endianness/endianness.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/endianness/endianness.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/endianness/endianness.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64f1d5e
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+Device-Tree binding for device endianness
+
+The endianness mode of CPU & Device scenarios:
+ Index CPU Device
+ ------------------------
+ 1 LE LE
+ 2 LE BE
+ 3 BE BE
+ 4 BE LE
+
+For one device driver, which will run in different scenarios above
+on different SoCs using the devicetree, we need one way to simplify
+this.
+
+Required properties:
+- [prefix]-endian: this is one string property and must be one
+ of 'be', 'le' and 'native' if it is present.
+
+The endianness mode:
+ 'le' : device is in little endian mode,
+ 'be' : device is in big endian mode,
+ 'native' : device is in the same endian mode with the CPU.
+
+Examples:
+Scenario 1 : CPU in LE mode & device in LE mode.
+dev: dev@40031000 {
+ compatible = "name";
+ reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>;
+ ...
+ [prefix]-endian = 'native';
+};
+
+Scenario 2 : CPU in LE mode & device in BE mode.
+dev: dev@40031000 {
+ compatible = "name";
+ reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>;
+ ...
+ [prefix]-endian = 'be';
+};
+
+Scenario 3 : CPU in BE mode & device in BE mode.
+dev: dev@40031000 {
+ compatible = "name";
+ reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>;
+ ...
+ [prefix]-endian = 'native';
+};
+
+Scenario 4 : CPU in BE mode & device in LE mode.
+dev: dev@40031000 {
+ compatible = "name";
+ reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>;
+ ...
+ [prefix]-endian = 'le';
+};
--
1.8.4


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