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+Broadcom BCM2835 SDHOST controller
+
+This file documents differences between the core properties described
+by mmc.txt and the properties that represent the BCM2835 controller.
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: Should be "brcm,bcm2835-sdhost".
+- clocks: The clock feeding the SDHOST controller.
+
+Optional properties:
+- dmas: DMA channel for read and write.
+          See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/dma.txt for details
+
+Example:
+
+sdhost: mmc@7e202000 {
+	compatible = "brcm,bcm2835-sdhost";
+	reg = <0x7e202000 0x100>;
+	interrupts = <2 24>;
+	clocks = <&clocks BCM2835_CLOCK_VPU>;
+	dmas = <&dma 13>;
+	dma-names = "rx-tx";
+};