On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 09:41:49AM +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> > A label property is still an option.
> 
> Hmm, what do you mean? Label as in:
> 
> foo : node {
> };
> 
> Isn't that 'foo' label only visible in DT itself, as a shortcut?

Some driver use a "label" property like this:

foo : node {
    label = "lcd";

    ...
};

See for example

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt

-- Sebastian