From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: simon.guinot@sequanux.org (Simon Guinot) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:09:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 21/21] ARM: Kirkwood: Remove DT support In-Reply-To: <201402251636.15257.arnd@arndb.de> References: <1391730137-14814-1-git-send-email-andrew@lunn.ch> <201402251344.23958.arnd@arndb.de> <20140225130523.GE3793@kw.sim.vm.gnt> <201402251636.15257.arnd@arndb.de> Message-ID: <20140225150942.GF3793@kw.sim.vm.gnt> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 04:36:14PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Tuesday 25 February 2014, Simon Guinot wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 01:44:23PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > On Sunday 23 February 2014, Simon Guinot wrote: > > > > I am quite busy this days but as soon I get some free time I will take > > > > care of the DT conversion for the Lacie boards. > > > > > > > > Basically, we need to fix some minor issues with the Thomas patches: > > > > > > > > ARM: kirkwood: convert d2net_v2 to DT > > > > ARM: kirkwood: convert LaCie Net{2, 5}Big v2 platforms to DT > > > > > > > > And also a DT binding must be added to the LED driver leds-netxbig. > > > > > > I just took a brief look at the LED driver. I think it would be > > > reasonable to move almost all of the platform_data into the driver > > > itself and associate the two versions with distinct "compatible" > > > strings. That works in this particular case because while the driver > > > is generic enough to handle other cases, I also wouldn't expect > > > it to ever get used again on another platform. > > > > Actually, this driver is also used by the Atom-based LaCie NASes. > > Mainline support for this platforms should be provided soon. > > Do you use DT for those machines as well, or how do you get the > data into the driver there? We are using the old fashion platform_device mechanism. The resources are defined in some board-setup files stored in the arch/x86/platform repository. > > > > The main change to the driver would be to add support for a binding > > > that gets the seven gpio numbers out of the DT then. > > > > Unfortunately not, we have to pass the whole thing through DT. > > Ok :( Yes, it is pain in the ass :( Simon -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 181 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: