From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jason@lakedaemon.net (Jason Cooper) Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:00:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 0/5 v2] mv643xx_eth: device tree bindings In-Reply-To: <20130413172126.6cca0809@skate> References: <1365071235-11611-1-git-send-email-florian@openwrt.org> <20130411165303.GI28693@titan.lakedaemon.net> <20130413172126.6cca0809@skate> Message-ID: <20130413190037.GY28693@titan.lakedaemon.net> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 05:21:26PM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > Dear Jason Cooper, > > On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:53:03 -0400, Jason Cooper wrote: > > > With this and Thomas' pci series, we will have Kirkwood fully > > converted to devicetree, can begin removing board files, and finally > > begin migrating everything over to mach-mvebu/. This will lead to > > the removal of five directories under arch/arm/ (plat-orion, > > mach-kirkwood, mach-orion5x, mach-dove, and mach-mv78xx0). > > No, we can't remove mach-orion5x and mach-mv78xx0 for now, they have > not been converted at all in terms of gpio/pinmux support. I've started > writing some pinmux code for orion5x but it's not ready. > > I don't think we should rush in doing this merge into mach-mvebu. I'd > prefer to have the following conditions be met before a platform gets > merged into mach-mvebu: > > * The mach- directory no longer depends on anything in > plat-orion. For mach-kirkwood, things are OK (for the DT platforms) > for GPIO, MPP and PCIe, but some work remains for the IRQ controller > driver and the timer driver. > > * All boards have been converted to the Device Tree. For > mach-kirkwood, we're getting closer. > > Once a given mach- platform meets these conditions, it will be a > clean platform, and we can merge it into mach-mvebu without any > problem. > > So let's continue the cleanup work, conversion to DT, usage of drivers > in drivers/, improvement of pinmux to support orion5x/mv78xx0, and do > the move per-platform, once they are ready. > > What do you think? I agree completely. I was simply restating the longview goal of the work we are doing (above and beyond adding armadaXP/370). I probably should have given a time reference for "This will lead to..." :) Also, I have a feeling that not all legacy boards will get converted over. If there is no interest or no way to test, certains boards may get deprecated. thx, Jason.