Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] arm64: amlogic: add new ARCH_AMLIPC for IPC SoC

[Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>]

Hi,

On 19/04/2023 09:38, =Xianwei Zhao wrote:
> From: Xianwei Zhao <xianwei.zhao@amlogic.com>
> 
> The C series SoCs are designed for smart IP camera
> applications, which does not belong to Meson series.
> So, Add ARCH_AMLIPC for the new series.
> 
> There are now multiple amlogic SoC seies supported, so group them under
> their own menu. we can easily add new platforms there in the future.
> Introduce ARCH_AMLOGIC to cover all Amlogic SoC series.

There's no strong reason to add a new ARCH here, apart willing to kill
the MESON name, but it's usual to keep a arch naming from the first
SoC family supported, it doesn't mean the new aren't supported or
whatever, it's only a simple config name.

I understand the new SoCs are a new family, but they still share a lot of
IPs and driver that are present and supported on the Meson SoCs.

Please concentrate on adding the DTs and compatibles, changing the
current config and driver names is low priority unless there's a really
strong reason.

It's perfectly ok to drop meson for new configs, new driver & new bindings,
and it's already the case for the A1 SPIFC driver and most new G12/SM1
compatibles.

Neil

> 
> No functional changes introduced.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xianwei Zhao <xianwei.zhao@amlogic.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms | 12 ++++++++++++
>   arch/arm64/configs/defconfig |  2 ++
>   2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> index 89a0b13b058d..bfbc817eef8f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> @@ -162,12 +162,24 @@ config ARCH_MEDIATEK
>   	  This enables support for MediaTek MT27xx, MT65xx, MT76xx
>   	  & MT81xx ARMv8 SoCs
>   
> +menuconfig ARCH_AMLOGIC
> +	bool "NXP SoC support"
> +
> +if ARCH_AMLOGIC
> +
>   config ARCH_MESON
>   	bool "Amlogic Platforms"
>   	help
>   	  This enables support for the arm64 based Amlogic SoCs
>   	  such as the s905, S905X/D, S912, A113X/D or S905X/D2
>   
> +config ARCH_AMLIPC
> +	bool "Amlogic IPC Platforms"
> +	help
> +	  This enables support for the arm64 based Amlogic IPC SoCs
> +	  such as the C302X, C308L
> +endif
> +
>   config ARCH_MVEBU
>   	bool "Marvell EBU SoC Family"
>   	select ARMADA_AP806_SYSCON
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
> index 7790ee42c68a..f231bd1723fd 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
> @@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_LG1K=y
>   CONFIG_ARCH_HISI=y
>   CONFIG_ARCH_KEEMBAY=y
>   CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK=y
> +CONFIG_ARCH_AMLOGIC=y
>   CONFIG_ARCH_MESON=y
> +CONFIG_ARCH_AMLIPC=y
>   CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU=y
>   CONFIG_ARCH_NXP=y
>   CONFIG_ARCH_LAYERSCAPE=y