of: Introduce Device Tree resolve support.
Introduce support for dynamic device tree resolution.
Using it, it is possible to prepare a device tree that's
been loaded on runtime to be modified and inserted at the kernel
live tree.
Export of of_resolve and bug fix of double free by
Guenter Roeck <groeck@juniper.net>
Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@konsulko.com>
[grant.likely: Don't need to select CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC and CONFIG_OF_DEVICE]
[grant.likely: Don't need to depend on OF or !SPARC]
[grant.likely: Factor out duplicate code blocks into single function]
Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org>
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+Device Tree Dynamic Resolver Notes
+----------------------------------
+
+This document describes the implementation of the in-kernel
+Device Tree resolver, residing in drivers/of/resolver.c and is a
+companion document to Documentation/devicetree/dt-object-internal.txt[1]
+
+How the resolver works
+----------------------
+
+The resolver is given as an input an arbitrary tree compiled with the
+proper dtc option and having a /plugin/ tag. This generates the
+appropriate __fixups__ & __local_fixups__ nodes as described in [1].
+
+In sequence the resolver works by the following steps:
+
+1. Get the maximum device tree phandle value from the live tree + 1.
+2. Adjust all the local phandles of the tree to resolve by that amount.
+3. Using the __local__fixups__ node information adjust all local references
+ by the same amount.
+4. For each property in the __fixups__ node locate the node it references
+ in the live tree. This is the label used to tag the node.
+5. Retrieve the phandle of the target of the fixup.
+6. For each fixup in the property locate the node:property:offset location
+ and replace it with the phandle value.