Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher value for the GIC phandle

2015-04-13 Thread Julien Grall
Hi Ian, On 09/04/15 18:04, Ian Jackson wrote: > Julien Grall writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: > Use an higher value for the GIC phandle"): >> On 09/04/15 17:52, Ian Jackson wrote: >>> What would happen if our assumption about th

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher value for the GIC phandle

2015-04-09 Thread Ian Jackson
Julien Grall writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher value for the GIC phandle"): > On 09/04/15 17:52, Ian Jackson wrote: > > What would happen if our assumption about the DT compiler were > > violated ? > > The phandle would

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher value for the GIC phandle

2015-04-09 Thread Julien Grall
On 09/04/15 18:00, Julien Grall wrote: > On 09/04/15 17:52, Ian Jackson wrote: >> Julien Grall writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: >> Use an higher value for the GIC phandle"): >>> On 09/04/15 17:17, Ian Jackson wrote: >>> I

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher value for the GIC phandle

2015-04-09 Thread Julien Grall
On 09/04/15 17:52, Ian Jackson wrote: > Julien Grall writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: > Use an higher value for the GIC phandle"): >> On 09/04/15 17:17, Ian Jackson wrote: >> I only expect people using the partial device tree in very speci

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher value for the GIC phandle

2015-04-09 Thread Ian Jackson
Julien Grall writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher value for the GIC phandle"): > On 09/04/15 17:17, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I have to say I have no idea what a phandle is... > > A phandle is a way to reference another node in th

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher value for the GIC phandle

2015-04-09 Thread Julien Grall
Hi Ian, On 09/04/15 17:17, Ian Jackson wrote: > Julien Grall writes ("[PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher > value for the GIC phandle"): >> The partial device tree may contains phandle. The Device Tree Compiler >> tends to allocate the phandle from 1. > > I have to say I have no

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher value for the GIC phandle

2015-04-09 Thread Ian Jackson
Julien Grall writes ("[PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher value for the GIC phandle"): > The partial device tree may contains phandle. The Device Tree Compiler > tends to allocate the phandle from 1. I have to say I have no idea what a phandle is... > Reserve the ID 65000 for the

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 p2 16/19] tools/libxl: arm: Use an higher value for the GIC phandle

2015-04-09 Thread Julien Grall
From: Julien Grall The partial device tree may contains phandle. The Device Tree Compiler tends to allocate the phandle from 1. Reserve the ID 65000 for the GIC phandle. I think we can safely assume that the partial device tree will never contain a such ID. Signed-off-by: Julien Grall Acked-by