NAME

     OF_node_from_xref, OF_xref_from_node — convert between kernel phandle and effective phandle

SYNOPSIS

     #include <dev/ofw/ofw_bus.h>
     #include <dev/ofw/ofw_bus_subr.h>

     phandle_t
     OF_node_from_xref(phandle_t xref);

     phandle_t
     OF_xref_from_node(phandle_t node);

DESCRIPTION

     Some OpenFirmware implementations (FDT, IBM) have a concept of effective phandle or xrefs.  They are used
     to cross-reference device tree nodes.  For instance, a framebuffer controller may refer to a GPIO
     controller and pin that controls the backlight.  In this example, the GPIO node would have a cell (32-bit
     integer) property with a reserved name like "phandle" or "linux,phandle" whose value uniquely identifies
     the node.  The actual name depends on the implementation.  The framebuffer node would have a property with
     the name described by device bindings (device-specific set of properties).  It can be a cell property or a
     combined property with one part of it being a cell.  The value of the framebuffer node's property would be
     the same as the value of the GPIO "phandle" property so it can be said that the framebuffer node refers to
     the GPIO node.  The kernel uses internal logic to assign unique identifiers to the device tree nodes, and
     these values do not match the values of "phandle" properties.  OF_node_from_xref() and OF_xref_from_node()
     are used to perform conversion between these two kinds of node identifiers.

     OF_node_from_xref() returns the kernel phandle for the effective phandle xref.  If one cannot be found or
     the OpenFirmware implementation does not support effective phandles, the function returns the input value.

     OF_xref_from_xref() returns the effective phandle for the kernel phandle xref.  If one cannot be found or
     the OpenFirmware implementation does not support effective phandles, the function returns the input value.

EXAMPLES

         phandle_t panelnode, panelxref;
         char *model;

         if (OF_getencprop(node, "lcd-panel", &panelxref) <= 0)
             return;

         panelnode = OF_node_from_xref(panelxref);
         if (OF_getprop_alloc(hdminode, "model", (void **)&model) <= 0)
             return;

SEE ALSO

     OF_device_from_xref(9) OF_device_register_xref(9)

AUTHORS

     This manual page was written by Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@FreeBSD.org>.