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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/usage-model.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/usage-model.rst index e1b42dc63f01..0717426856b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/usage-model.rst +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/usage-model.rst @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 -========================= -Linux and the Device Tree -========================= +======================== +Linux and the Devicetree +======================== The Linux usage model for device tree data @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ This article describes how Linux uses the device tree. An overview of the device tree data format can be found on the device tree usage page at devicetree.org\ [1]_. -.. [1] https://elinux.org/Device_Tree_Usage +.. [1] https://www.devicetree.org/specifications/ -The "Open Firmware Device Tree", or simply Device Tree (DT), is a data +The "Open Firmware Device Tree", or simply Devicetree (DT), is a data structure and language for describing hardware. More specifically, it is a description of hardware that is readable by an operating system so that the operating system doesn't need to hard code details of the @@ -415,6 +415,6 @@ When using the DT, this creates problems for of_platform_populate() because it must decide whether to register each node as either a platform_device or an amba_device. This unfortunately complicates the device creation model a little bit, but the solution turns out not to -be too invasive. If a node is compatible with "arm,amba-primecell", then +be too invasive. If a node is compatible with "arm,primecell", then of_platform_populate() will register it as an amba_device instead of a platform_device. |