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From: gerlando.falauto@keymile.com (Gerlando Falauto)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: DT version of kirkwood_ge0x_init()
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:18:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51ADBEE0.5040500@keymile.com> (raw)

Hi everyone,

I noticed how most of the DT-aware board-setup files only have a single
<board>_init() function, calling kirkwood_ge00_init() with a struct 
mv643xx_eth_platform_data as a single argument.

I was wondering -- is there a reason why we cannot remove all this 
board-specific code and move all this to the DT?

I noticed how NS2 can somehow trick this value depeding on the 
compatible string, so I assume it's not really *THAT* early, as the 
whole DT infrastructure is already available:

	if (of_machine_is_compatible("lacie,cloudbox") ||
	    of_machine_is_compatible("lacie,netspace_lite_v2") ||
	    of_machine_is_compatible("lacie,netspace_mini_v2"))
		ns2_ge00_data.phy_addr = MV643XX_ETH_PHY_ADDR(0);
	kirkwood_ge00_init(&ns2_ge00_data);

I guess we could remove a lot of board-specific code if we could move 
this last bit of information to the DT.
Unless compatibility with existing DTs is an issue -- but what about new 
boards?

I would really love to have all our boards under a single 
CONFIG_<FAMILY>_DT and a single compatible string, with all the 
differences within the DTs itself -- no more #ifdef CONFIG_<BOARD>, no 
more of_machine_is_compatible("boardXXX").

Any feedback (swearwords included -- in case I'm talking non-sense) 
would be more than welcome.

Thank you!
Gerlando

             reply	other threads:[~2013-06-04 10:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-04 10:18 Gerlando Falauto [this message]
2013-06-04 10:34 ` DT version of kirkwood_ge0x_init() Sebastian Hesselbarth
2013-06-04 10:43   ` Jason Cooper
2013-06-04 11:59     ` Simon Guinot
2013-06-04 12:05       ` Jason Cooper
2013-06-04 12:18         ` Simon Guinot
2013-06-04 13:10         ` Jason Cooper
2013-06-04 20:53   ` Gerlando Falauto
2013-06-05  9:04     ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2013-06-05  9:37       ` Gerlando Falauto
2013-06-05  9:45         ` Gregory CLEMENT
2013-06-05  9:49         ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2013-06-05  9:55           ` Gerlando Falauto
2013-06-05 13:23       ` Jason Cooper

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