On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 11:31:49AM +0000, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote: > >I would do something more simple that is just a list of keys and their > >location like this: > > > >device-serial-number = ; > >key1 = ; > >key2 = ; > > > There are pros and cons doing it as list of keys. > > One reason for doing it as fixed properties("eeproms", "eemprom-names") is > "consistency and familiarity" like interrupts, regs, dmas, clocks, pinctrl, > reset, pwm have fixed property names, trying to get most subsystems to do it > the same way makes it easier for people to write dts files. And eeprom-names was something that was asked for last time we discussed it (I don't really remember who though, maybe Arnd?) Maxime -- Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com