[PATCH v3 00/23] Create common framework for AT91 device initialisation

[ryan@bluewatersys.com (Ryan Mallon)]

On 30/04/11 06:04, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> On Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:59 PM, Ryan Mallon wrote:
>>
>> Each AT91 variant (AT91RM9200, AT91SAM9260, etc) currently has its own
>> devices file, which includes the MMIO address, interrupt
>> configuration, GPIO setup, etc for each device. This results in a large
>> amount of duplicated code.
>>
>> This patch set introduces a framework for adding shared devices for the
>> AT91 platform and replaces the multiple device setup implementations for
>> each device with single implementations in the new framework. This has
>> a net reduction of nearly 5000 lines of code.
>>
>> Each of the arch/arm/mach-at91/*_devices.c files becomes a collection of
>> structures (with some initialisation callbacks where necessary) with a
>> table of devices which are present on the particular AT91 variant. All
>> structures/functions are marked as __init/__initdata so there is little
>> additional memory overhead. This also means that the #ifdefs around each
>> device can be removed from the *_devices.c files (but remain in the new
>> common devices.c file) without overhead.
>>
>> This patch series does not introduce any functional changes to how the
>> board files add devices, it only replaces the duplicate device 
>> initialisation code with common versions. The patch series attempts to
>> have minimum change by rewriting as little as possible of the actual
>> device initialisation functions.
>>
>> This is also a step towards allowing more than one AT91 variant to be
>> built into a single kernel by removing duplicate function names across
>> the *_devices.c files.
>>
>> I have build tested the patch series for all of the  AT91 variants 
>> and devices, and have boot tested it on the AT91SAM9G20 (Snapper 9G20
>> board) and tested basic device functionality.
> 
> Ryan,
> 
> This patch series does not apply to linux-next.
> 
> It appears Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD has recently committed a number
> of patches to that branch.
> 
>     at91: move clock subsystem init to soc generic init
>     at91: move register clocks to soc generic init
>     at91: move st timer to drivers/clocksource
>     at91: move pit timer to drivers/clocksource
>     at91: switch st timer to early platform devices
>     at91: switch pit timer to early platform devices
>     at91: move gpio to drivers/gpio
>     at91: switch gpio to early platfrom device
>     at91: switch to CLKDEV_LOOKUP
>     at91: use structure to store the current soc
>     at91: merge board usb-a9260 and usb-a9263 together
>     at91: factorize at91 interrupts init to soc
>     at91: introduce commom AT91_BASE_SYS
>     at91rm9200: introduce at91rm9200_set_type to specficy cpu package
>     at91: 9260 and 9g20 add support of join SRAM Memory Mapping
>     at91/board-eco920: remove at91_beeper ressource as no driver at91_beeper exist
>     atmel_serial: keep the platform_device unchanged
>     at91: remove MTD_NAND_ATMEL_BUSWIDTH_16 option
>     at91: Add ARCH_ID and basic cpu macros definition for 5series chips family.
> 
> There are also these three ahead of Linus' linux-2.6 tree:
> 
>     arm: at91: fix compiler warning for eb01 board build
>     ARM: at91: AT91CAP9 has a macb device
>     treewide: remove extra semicolons

Ok, I have more changes to make anyway so I will rebase against these
three. I do not want to rebase on top of the Jean-Christophe's patches
because I do not think that they are ready for mainline inclusion. See
the discussion in the other thread.

~Ryan