From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com (Mark Brown) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:31:48 +0100 Subject: [RFC] Support for 'Coda' video codec IP. In-Reply-To: <20120620130941.GB2253@S2101-09.ap.freescale.net> References: <1340115094-859-1-git-send-email-javier.martin@vista-silicon.com> <20120619181717.GE28394@pengutronix.de> <20120620090126.GO28394@pengutronix.de> <20120620100015.GA30243@sirena.org.uk> <20120620130941.GB2253@S2101-09.ap.freescale.net> Message-ID: <20120620133148.GP3978@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 09:09:43PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:00:15AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > > The approach a lot of platforms have been taking is that it's OK to keep > > on maintaining existing boards using board files (especially for trivial > > things like adding new devices). > I think that's the approach being taken during the transition to device > tree. But it's definitely a desirable thing to remove those board > files with device tree support at some point, because not having non-DT > users will ease platform maintenance and new feature adoption a lot > easier, for example linear irqdomain. Moving to irqdomain without DT is really very easy, you just need to select a legacy mapping if a base is provided and otherwise all the code is identical - it just comes down to a field in platform data and an if statement. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from opensource.wolfsonmicro.com ([80.75.67.52]:60086 "EHLO opensource.wolfsonmicro.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751284Ab2FTNbv (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:31:51 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:31:48 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Shawn Guo Cc: Sascha Hauer , javier Martin , fabio.estevam@freescale.com, dirk.behme@googlemail.com, r.schwebel@pengutronix.de, kernel@pengutronix.de, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Support for 'Coda' video codec IP. Message-ID: <20120620133148.GP3978@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> References: <1340115094-859-1-git-send-email-javier.martin@vista-silicon.com> <20120619181717.GE28394@pengutronix.de> <20120620090126.GO28394@pengutronix.de> <20120620100015.GA30243@sirena.org.uk> <20120620130941.GB2253@S2101-09.ap.freescale.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fjEAjMKpll6GDq3U" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120620130941.GB2253@S2101-09.ap.freescale.net> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --fjEAjMKpll6GDq3U Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 09:09:43PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:00:15AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > > The approach a lot of platforms have been taking is that it's OK to keep > > on maintaining existing boards using board files (especially for trivial > > things like adding new devices). > I think that's the approach being taken during the transition to device > tree. But it's definitely a desirable thing to remove those board > files with device tree support at some point, because not having non-DT > users will ease platform maintenance and new feature adoption a lot > easier, for example linear irqdomain. Moving to irqdomain without DT is really very easy, you just need to select a legacy mapping if a base is provided and otherwise all the code is identical - it just comes down to a field in platform data and an if statement. --fjEAjMKpll6GDq3U Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJP4dABAAoJEBus8iNuMP3dhfoP/RLNCTyUvi6PIkOuGDP8tcfX 70ZzGk3ZIMA44cfTs2EE5p3cXCnfcsU9wjDH+TaDDNJ8BMznK1niLNXIZUH7w1NS mNgLOssCMHTSM5anW9FbWEAgyvZvod+x5RxI+wjds35vYmpMq4LmbSMhT2EpD6VB z8GrDku90lgT+A/AKgcTS9rjrFSExE8iM/muE9Hu8idGo3bXB/NC6pWdsbsahzCv 0VsscHJmLX++gIYm6j1h9+goTFPkhL0HCc1SD+oFw+7GaCLIM1hO0Y41wonlTQxW /7nADr0NzDfOT95JcFbqr1pPRfZuh7mmVBU40MwHrpl3A8EBUlpkQIgQXh4bkAbY XAd/6RcPj26GzyCPDYohnpjCt4V/qQncQ2v5D2IoT7Slp60HggCzosQuMoxkWJGM JIf6GY3gwcYPM1MCPOaF+RsUWMWEApUdZNIhrYekXyqTDtQP770XEgFye8G5yoKl 3cs0BeTPfSd2rVSeJ4Zrsk8NdhreROb0k8SWJw3PYUVmBfoIKawQPgJ2ydnWFW3g Wd6RQIkBAT4emWhs6PuZ+qo6LNDRNzqnCp4cjkaC/Ah/zQZ+7fRuEXYqagI7EUvL JKMGEuCfTuajKhmrKi27nrcNSm5UA7DPLx6VnDoEWqQ/iAFwXq3y/GM3BRFnmTft YBHgKi/9zWOnltiSWn+B =hCfS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fjEAjMKpll6GDq3U--