Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] fpga: reorganize to subdirs

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On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 07:22:03AM -0700, trix@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The incoming xrt patchset has a toplevel subdir xrt/
> The current fpga/ uses a single dir with filename prefixes to subdivide owners
> For consistency, there should be only one way to organize the fpga/ dir.
> Because the subdir model scales better, refactor to use it.
> The discussion wrt xrt is here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fpga/68e85a4f-4a10-1ff9-0443-aa565878c855@xxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Follow drivers/net/ethernet/ which has control configs
> NET_VENDOR_BLA that map to drivers/net/ethernet/bla
> Since fpgas do not have many vendors, drop the 'VENDOR' and use
> FPGA_BLA.
> 
> There are several new subdirs
> altera/
> dfl/
> lattice/
> xilinx/
> 
> Each subdir has a Kconfig that has a new/reused
> 
> if FPGA_BLA
>   ... existing configs ...
> endif FPGA_BLA
> 
> Which is sourced into the main fpga/Kconfig
> 
> Each subdir has a Makefile whose transversal is controlled in the
> fpga/Makefile by
> 
> obj-$(CONFIG_FPGA_BLA) += bla/
> 
> Some cleanup to arrange thing alphabetically and make fpga/Makefile's
> whitespace look more like net/'s
> 
> Changes from
> v1
>   Drop renaming files
>   Cleanup makefiles

You can rename the files, you just can not rename the .ko objects
without everyone knowing what you are doing and you trying to bury it in
the middle of a differently described patch.

If you want to do that, do you?  I don't really understand why you want
to move things around right now other than "we have 40 files in one
directory, ick!".

greg k-h



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