Re: [PATCH v8 01/07] arm64: renesas: r8a7795: Add Renesas R8A7795 SoC support

[Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com>]

On 03.09.2015 09:04, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Geert,
>
> On Monday 31 August 2015 15:38:40 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>> On Monday 31 August 2015 15:29:18 Magnus Damm wrote:
>>>> --- 0001/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
>>>> +++ work/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms 2015-08-29 18:20:52.022366518 +0900
>>>> @@ -66,6 +66,22 @@ config ARCH_SEATTLE
>>>>        help
>>>>          This enables support for AMD Seattle SOC Family
>>>>
>>>> +config ARCH_SHMOBILE
>>>> +     bool
>>>
>>> It's tempting to get rid of ARCH_SHMOBILE going forward and define
>>> ARCH_RENESAS on ARM32 instead. I'm not sure whether that's worth it, even
>>> though the change would just be a search & replace.
>>
>> What's the meaning of "ARCH_RENESAS"?
>> Does that include H8/300, m32r, and SuperH, too?
>>
>> I know "SH Mobile" has been used for both SuperH and ARM32, but it's
>> still closer ;-)
>
> Let's postpone that until arch/h8300 and arch/m32r become deprecated then ;-)
>
> It's still a bit annoying not to have a proper name to describe SuperH, ARM32
> and ARM64 SoCs that share the same Renesas IP cores.


Btw, for patches starting with the subject "arm64: ..." wouldn't it make 
sense to at least CC linux-arm-kernel?


Best regards

Dirk