LddDriverModelFDT < Training2

%SECTION0{name=LddDriverModelFDT}% Driver model and flattened device tree

   * topic still quite volatile
      * changes to dts format still frequent
      * [[http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2007-12/msg07369.html][of_ (bus|driver|device) vs. standard (bus|driver|device)]]

*Resources*

   * =Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt=
      * describes very detailed how Linux works with device trees.

   * Embedded Power Architecture Platform Requirements (ePAPR)
      * contains more detailed information, see %BR% http://www.power.org/resources/downloads/Power_ePAPR_APPROVED_v1.0.pdf 

   * APIs and code
      * =include/linux/of.h=
      * =include/linux/of_platform.h=
      * =include/linux/of_device.h=
      * =arch/powerpc/include/asm/prom.h=
      * code is in =drivers/of/=, =arch/powerpc/kernel/of_*=
      * SOC glue code in =arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c=
      * drivers in =drivers/=

   * dtc
      * merged into kernel but already old a4da2e3ec84cda635ac441efbe781a38d2ee41ee
      * better get it here: git://www.jdl.com/software/dtc

   * questions to linuxppc-dev or irc #mklinux

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