Re: [PATCH mvebu + mvebu/dt64 4/4] arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: move firmware node to generic dtsi file

Pali Rohár
2021-03-15T10:16:36Z

On Friday 12 March 2021 16:53:32 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > So theoretically the turris-mox-rwtm driver can be renamed into
> > something else and we can add a different compatible in order not to
> > sound so turris-mox specific.
>
> That would be a good idea. And if possible, try to push the hardware
> random number code upstream in the firmware repos, so everybody gets
> it by default, not just those using your build. Who is responsible for
> upstream? Marvell?
>
> Andrew

Hello Andrew!

I do not think that renaming driver is the best option. For future it
would complicate backporting patches to stable kernel and also it would
make usage of 'gitk' harder as this tool cannot automatically track file
renames.

I saw that kernel drivers lot of times got support for a new HW but
driver name was not changed (maybe for backward compatibility, maybe to
simplify things).

Andrew, now when you got a full picture of this problem, would you
be willing to accept these patches? Or do you require some changes?