Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] arm64: dts: ti: Introduce J742S2 SoC family

[Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com>]

On 09:49-20240731, Manorit Chawdhry wrote:
> > > + */
> > > +
> > > +#include "k3-j784s4.dtsi"
> > > +
> > > +/ {
> > > +	model = "Texas Instruments K3 J742S2 SoC";
> > > +	compatible = "ti,j742s2";
> > > +
> > > +	cpus {
> > > +		cpu-map {
> > > +			/delete-node/ cluster1;
> > > +		};
> > > +	};
> > > +
> > > +	/delete-node/ cpu4;
> > > +	/delete-node/ cpu5;
> > > +	/delete-node/ cpu6;
> > > +	/delete-node/ cpu7;
> > 
> > I suggest refactoring by renaming the dtsi files as common and split out
> > j784s4 similar to j722s/am62p rather than using /delete-node/
> > 
> 
> I don't mind the suggestion Nishanth if there is a reason behind it.
> Could you tell why we should not be using /delete-node/? 
> 

Maintenance, readability and sustenance are the reasons. This is a
optimized die. It will end up having it's own changes in property
and integration details. While reuse is necessary, modifying the
properties with overrides and /delete-nodes/ creates maintenance
challenges down the road. We already went down this road with am62p
reuse with j722s, and eventually determined split and reuse is the
best option. See [1] for additional guidance.


[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dts-coding-style.rst#n189

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