Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: kirkwood: proper retain MAC address workaround on DT ethernet | Date | Mon, 27 May 2013 14:47:35 +0200 |
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On Monday 27 May 2013 21:50:04 Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > However, that wouldn't help much with the allocation/leak problem, > though at least it would be easier to use. It could also *try* to re-use > the current allocation if the new content is of smaller or equal size.
I thought that dtc tried to aggressively save space by folding identical strings. If you tried to reuse a property that had its contents shared with another one, you would get interesting results I guess.
Arnd
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