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From: David Daney <ddaney.cavm@gmail.com>
To: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gkulkarni@caviumnetworks.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 4/6] arm64, dt, thunderx: Add initial dts for Cavium Thunderx in 2 node topology.
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:49:56 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <569D25C4.3060806@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1453134965-6125-5-git-send-email-gkulkarni@caviumnetworks.com>

On 01/18/2016 08:36 AM, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
> Adding dt file for Cavium's Thunderx dual socket platform.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gkulkarni@caviumnetworks.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/cavium/Makefile             |   2 +-
>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/cavium/thunder-88xx-2n.dts  |  83 +++
>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/cavium/thunder-88xx-2n.dtsi | 806 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   3 files changed, 890 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>   create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/cavium/thunder-88xx-2n.dts
>   create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/cavium/thunder-88xx-2n.dtsi
>

These files are useless, they don't contain device nodes for anything 
other than the UARTs.  There is no existing system that has only UARTs 
and no other devices, so these files cannot be (and can never be) used 
anywhere.

Since the boot firmware in all real, and emulated, systems is supplying 
correct DTBs, we should consider not merging these files, and removing 
the likewise useless thunder-88xx.dts  thunder-88xx.dtsi

David Daney


[...]

  reply	other threads:[~2016-01-18 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-18 16:35 [PATCH v9 0/6] arm64, numa: Add numa support for arm64 platforms Ganapatrao Kulkarni
2016-01-18 16:36 ` [PATCH v9 1/6] arm64, numa: adding " Ganapatrao Kulkarni
2016-01-26 18:52   ` Bjorn Helgaas
     [not found] ` <1453134965-6125-1-git-send-email-gkulkarni-M3mlKVOIwJVv6pq1l3V1OdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-18 16:36   ` [PATCH v9 2/6] Documentation, dt, arm64/arm: dt bindings for numa Ganapatrao Kulkarni
2016-01-20 14:18     ` Rob Herring
2016-01-26 17:16       ` Ganapatrao Kulkarni
2016-01-18 16:36 ` [PATCH v9 3/6] arm64/arm, numa, dt: adding numa dt binding implementation for arm64 platforms Ganapatrao Kulkarni
     [not found]   ` <1453134965-6125-4-git-send-email-gkulkarni-M3mlKVOIwJVv6pq1l3V1OdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-26 20:36     ` Bjorn Helgaas
2016-01-28 14:39       ` Will Deacon
     [not found]         ` <20160128143925.GC775-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-28 17:12           ` Ganapatrao Kulkarni
2016-01-28 18:08             ` Will Deacon
2016-01-28 18:48               ` Ganapatrao Kulkarni
2016-01-18 16:36 ` [PATCH v9 4/6] arm64, dt, thunderx: Add initial dts for Cavium Thunderx in 2 node topology Ganapatrao Kulkarni
2016-01-18 17:49   ` David Daney [this message]
2016-01-18 16:36 ` [PATCH v9 5/6] PCI: generic: Make pci-host-generic driver numa aware Ganapatrao Kulkarni
2016-01-18 17:41   ` David Daney
2016-01-19  5:58     ` Ganapatrao Kulkarni
     [not found]       ` <CAFpQJXXESn1EA5kotVOH2oLbRUSpOLf6+MeWG1pY_GhUP+4vVQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-19  9:41         ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2016-01-19 12:32           ` Ganapatrao Kulkarni
     [not found]   ` <1453134965-6125-6-git-send-email-gkulkarni-M3mlKVOIwJVv6pq1l3V1OdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-26 20:50     ` Bjorn Helgaas
2016-01-26 20:52       ` Bjorn Helgaas
2016-01-18 16:36 ` [RFC PATCH v9 6/6] topology, cleanup: Avoid redefinition of cpumask_of_pcibus in asm header files Ganapatrao Kulkarni

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