[POWERPC] In booting-without-of.txt, clarify that properties must precede subnodes
authorDavid Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:56:26 +0000 (15:56 +1000)
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:19:31 +0000 (19:19 +1000)
commiteff2ebd207af9f501af0ef667a7d14befcb36c1b
treec27952d9d29d246caacfdba173d8e3c49ab876bc
parentea1a734ad73478dace97e9712101029f536d10a3
[POWERPC] In booting-without-of.txt, clarify that properties must precede subnodes

A strict reading of the flattened device tree format defined in
booting-without-of.txt does in fact require that all the tags defining
properties for a node go before any definitions of subnodes, however
it's not particularly emphasised.  Although allowing intermingled
properties and subnodes would not be ambiguous in meaning, the kernel
parser does currently require that properties precede subnodes.
Furthermore, keeping this constraint makes life easier for various
device tree scanning tools.

Therefore, re-emphasise in booting-without-of.txt that this is a
strict requirement of the flattened device tree format.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt