Re: RFC: board dts-file naming scheme

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On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:13 AM, Antony Pavlov <antonynpavlov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have not found any recomendation on board dts-file naming scheme
> in linux.git/Documentation/devicetree/.
>
> ARM/ARM64 Linux mostly uses <soc-name>-<board-name>.dts board dts-file
> naming scheme (also see slide "Adding the support for a new ARM board" from [1]).
>
>    arch/arm/boot/dts/am335x-baltos-ir5221.dts
>    arch/arm/boot/dts/at91-ariag25.dts
>    arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-arndale.dts
>    arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6dl-gw54xx.dts
>    arch/arm/boot/dts/sun9i-a80-cubieboard4.dts
>    arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra30-colibri-eval-v3.dts
>    arm64/boot/dts/qcom/apq8016-sbc.dts
>    arm64/boot/dts/cavium/thunder-88xx.dts
>    arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/ns2-svk.dts
>    arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3368-r88.dts
>    arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8173-evb.dts
>
> MIPS Linux mostly uses <soc-name>_<board-name>.dts naming scheme:
>
>    arch/mips/boot/dts/netlogic/xlp_gvp.dts
>    arch/mips/boot/dts/qca/ar9132_tl_wr1043nd_v1.dts
>    arch/mips/boot/dts/ralink/mt7620a_eval.dts
>
> Can we elaborate some common rule on board dts-file naming scheme
> and add it into linux.git/Documentation/devicetree/?

My guidance is follow what most other files in a given directory do.
In absence of that, use '-'.

If you want to add documentation, then I'll take it. I can tell you
that arm-soc maintainers are not going to take renames for things that
don't follow the documentation.

Rob
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