From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: York Sun Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:07:28 -0700 Subject: [U-Boot] When to create a SoC directory for ARM In-Reply-To: <5244A11D.9030302@ti.com> References: <1380223392.24959.275.camel@snotra.buserror.net> <52448F8F.9080604@freescale.com> <1380225311.24959.295.camel@snotra.buserror.net> <524491C2.4040807@freescale.com> <1380228278.24959.304.camel@snotra.buserror.net> <52449DC2.2020204@ti.com> <1380229185.24959.315.camel@snotra.buserror.net> <5244A11D.9030302@ti.com> Message-ID: <5244A210.7070207@freescale.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On 09/26/2013 02:03 PM, Tom Rini wrote: > On 09/26/2013 04:59 PM, Scott Wood wrote: >> On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 16:49 -0400, Tom Rini wrote: >>> On 09/26/2013 04:44 PM, Scott Wood wrote: >>>> On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 12:57 -0700, York Sun wrote: >>>>> On 09/26/2013 12:55 PM, Scott Wood wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 12:48 -0700, York Sun wrote: >>>>>>> On 09/26/2013 12:46 PM, Sharma Bhupesh-B45370 wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: >>>>>>>>> u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de >>>>>>>>> [mailto:u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of >>>>>>>>> Scott Wood Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 12:53 AM >>>>>>>>> To: FengHua Cc: trini; sun york-R58495; u-boot >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] When to create a SoC directory >>>>>>>>> for ARM >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 13:23 +0800, FengHua wrote: >>>>>>>>>> all SOC specific include file should be in >>>>>>>>>> arch/arm/include/asm/arch-SOC/ or some common >>>>>>>>>> directory(like include/asm/imx-common). Currently, >>>>>>>>>> u-boot only link SOC specific(arch-SOC) include >>>>>>>>>> directory. You could touch a mmu.h file in >>>>>>>>>> arch/arm/include/asm/arch-ls2/ and include >>>>>>>>>> arch/arm/include/asm/arch-armv8/mmu.h. or move >>>>>>>>>> arch-armv8/mmu.h to arch/arm/include/asm/ to make >>>>>>>>>> it as a generic file. Maybe we should distinguish >>>>>>>>>> architecture specific include directory and SOC >>>>>>>>>> specific include directory. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is the XXX arch-XXX supposed to be an SoC family or >>>>>>>>> a CPU family/architectutre? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Usually in 'arch/arm/include/asm' we have both: - >>>>>>>> arch-armv7 (Arch specific. Houses stuff common to >>>>>>>> ARMv7 CPU, e.g. Global timer, SP805 WDT..) - arch-mx6 >>>>>>>> (SoC family specific. Houses stuff like SoC specific >>>>>>>> IOMUX pads..) >>>>>> >>>>>> Which one does "#inculde " refer to? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> arm/arch is a symbolic link created at compiling time. It >>>>> points to arm/arch-$(soc), if $(soc) is not defined, then it >>>>> points to asm/arch-$(arch). That's my understanding. >>>> >>>> How is that supposed to work when both arch-$(soc) and >>>> arch-$(arch) are present? Why are SoC and CPU arch confused in >>>> this way? >>> >>> Primarily because it hasn't been an issue until now really. >>> What's wrong with just saying as needed >>> ? > >> Hmm, the only relevant are in armv8-specific >> files, so I suppose we could do that. Why not just rename it >> asm/armv[78], though? There are only a handful of files in both >> armv7 and armv8, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Then >> there's no question of where the symlink points. > > That should also be fine, after a quick git grep around.. > How about arch/arm/include/asm/gpio.h? it includes . York