[U-Boot-Users] SoC Drivers: Where do they go?

[Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>]

Hi Jason,

McMullan, Jason wrote:
> I'm writing the drivers for a MIPS 4KEc based SoC, and was wondering
> where they should go in the source code tree. 
>
> Having done ARM in the past, my first guess would be (calling the SoC
> 'qux', made by company 'foo', and a 'bar' eval board for now):
>
>   cpu/mips/qux
> 	spi.c
> 	nand.c
> 	ether.c
>
>   
It's definitely preferable to put drivers in the 'drivers' directory 
than tied to the CPU.  You'll see subdirectories for spi, mtd/nand and net.
> And register header files go in:
>
>   include/asm-mips/arch-qux
> 			ddr.h
> 			spi.h
> 			nand.h
> 			ether.h
>
>   
Network driver headers typically go with the C code (drivers/net).  I'll 
let other people chime in about the other peripherals, because I'm not 
clear on the preferred approach.
> And the board-specific stuff (like DDR configs, PHY addresses, etc)
> would go in:
>
>   board/foo/bar
> 	config.mk
> 	ether.c
> 	ddr.c
> 	...
>
>   
In general this is correct, although a lot of board-specific stuff is 
#defined in config files.
> I only ask, because there is no SoC directories under 'cpu/mips', nor
> any SoC directories under 'include/asm-mips'
>
>
> Jason McMullan
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regards,
Ben