From f04d3c518a3c26def9a003a108bec254499c7c90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amaury Pouly <amaury.pouly@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 23:22:28 +0000
Subject: regtools: add shortcut notation for simple register in the desc files

Change-Id: I2745287844ad0a47dd41ba4dae5e1f7218ae5814
Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.rockbox.org/679
Reviewed-by: Amaury Pouly <amaury.pouly@gmail.com>
---
 utils/regtools/desc/XML.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

(limited to 'utils/regtools/desc')

diff --git a/utils/regtools/desc/XML.txt b/utils/regtools/desc/XML.txt
index d4dc73cc64..15164a43b9 100644
--- a/utils/regtools/desc/XML.txt
+++ b/utils/regtools/desc/XML.txt
@@ -61,12 +61,25 @@ The following properties are defined:
 - "name" (mandatory,string): the mnemonic of the register.
 - "sct" (optional,"yes" or "no"): STMP specific attribute to specify the existence
   of the SCT variants of this register.
+As a shortcut, in the case the register has a single address, one can add one more
+property:
+- "addr" (optional,integer): base address of this instance of the register.
 
 Example:
 <reg name="TIMCTRLn" sct="yes">
 <!-- reg desc -->
 </reg>
 
+The address shortcut has the following standard translation:
+<reg name="GPIO_PADR" addr="0x00">
+<!-- bla -->
+</reg>
+is equivalent to:
+<reg name="GPIO_PADR">
+<addr name="GPIO_PADR" addr="0x00">
+<!-- bla -->
+</reg>
+
 Element: soc.dev.reg.addr
 -------------------------
 Each device can have one or more addresses associated with it. Each address
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