On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 05:15:56PM +0100, Robert Richter wrote: >> Olof, >> >> On 30.07.14 11:14:23, Olof Johansson wrote: >> > On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Robert Richter <rric@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > > From: Radha Mohan Chintakuntla <rchintakuntla@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > > >> > > Add initial device tree nodes for Cavium Thunder SoCs with support of >> > > 48 cores and gicv3. The dts file requires further changes, esp. for >> > > pci, gicv3-its and smmu. This changes will be added later together >> > > with the device drivers. >> > > >> > > Signed-off-by: Radha Mohan Chintakuntla <rchintakuntla@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > > Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > > --- >> > > arch/arm64/boot/dts/Makefile | 1 + >> > > arch/arm64/boot/dts/thunder-88xx.dts | 387 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > > 2 files changed, 388 insertions(+) >> > > create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/thunder-88xx.dts >> > > >> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/Makefile >> > > index c52bdb051f66..f8001a62029c 100644 >> > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/Makefile >> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/Makefile >> > > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ >> > > +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_THUNDER) += thunder-88xx.dtb >> > > dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_VEXPRESS) += rtsm_ve-aemv8a.dtb foundation-v8.dtb >> > > dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_XGENE) += apm-mustang.dtb >> > >> > Oh, and: >> > >> > Let's fix the mistake we made on 32-bit here (that we can't undo >> > unless we move all dts files now, which is too much churn), and put >> > each SoC vendor in its own subdirectory. >> > >> > So, please add a arch/arm64/boot/dts/cavium/ directory, add a Makefile >> > and the dts there. >> > >> > We should move vexpress under arm/ and xgene under apm/ too. >> >> I was looking into this. It turned out that this would introduce more >> pain than it solves. The problem with introducing vendor subdirs for >> .dts files is that this will require also subdirs for .dtb files to >> avoid name conflicts. This means that dtb files are no longer in a >> single directory. Current build scripts and makefiles rely on this. >> E.g.: >> >> scripts/Makefile.lib:$(obj)/%.dtb.S: $(obj)/%.dtb >> >> Thus, the introduction of vendor subdirs is not easy to implement and >> may break existing workflows. Also, no other arch has vendor subdirs. >> >> A solution would be to have a naming scheme for dts files which >> requires the vendor in the file name, such as cavium-thunder-88xx.dtb. >> Though, these long names may look a bit ugly. >> >> Hmm... Any thoughts? > > That would make it possible to search, but the number of files in one > place might become somewhat overwelming (which I believe was Olof's > concern). > > Olof, thoughts? Yeah, on 32 bit we've got an ever-growing and very large directory today that is becoming a headache. Carving it up in directories to reduce plain directory size would come a long way. I think we would catch name conflicts quickly with the automatic builders we have today -- and it's likely that the files will have a platform prefix anyway so it shouldn't be a big issue. I think we can live with that. -Olof -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
