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diff --git a/Documentation/dt-object-internal.txt b/Documentation/dt-object-internal.txt index 51d68ab..624aa43 100644 --- a/Documentation/dt-object-internal.txt +++ b/Documentation/dt-object-internal.txt @@ -308,3 +308,20 @@ the run time loader must apply an offset to each phandle in every dynamic DT object loaded. The __local_fixups__ node records the offset relative to the start of every local reference within that property so that the loader can apply the offset. + +There is an alternative syntax to the expanded form for overlays with phandle +targets which makes the format similar to the one using in .dtsi include files. + +So for the &ocp target example above one can simply write: + +/dts-v1/; +/plugin/; +&ocp { + /* bar peripheral */ + bar { + compatible = "corp,bar"; + ... /* various properties and child nodes */ + } +}; + +The resulting dtb object is identical. |