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: