[U-Boot] [PATCH 01/10 V6] EXYNOS5: Create a common board file

[Przemyslaw Marczak <p.marczak@samsung.com>]

Hi,

On 11/08/2013 10:27 AM, Rajeshwari Birje wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Przemyslaw Marczak
> <p.marczak@samsung.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> On 11/08/2013 09:37 AM, Rajeshwari Birje wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Przemyslaw
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Przemyslaw Marczak
>>> <p.marczak@samsung.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello Rajeshwari,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/29/2013 08:23 AM, Rajeshwari S Shinde wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Create a common board.c file for all functions which are common across
>>>>> all EXYNOS5 platforms.
>>>>>
>>>>> exynos_init function is provided for platform specific code.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Rajeshwari S Shinde <rajeshwari.s@samsung.com>
>>>>> Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> Changes in V2:
>>>>>           - None
>>>>> Changes in V3:
>>>>>           - None
>>>>> Changes in V4:
>>>>>           - Added check for the compilation of MAX77686 pmic.
>>>>> Changes in V5:--
> Regards,
> Rajeshwari Shind
>>>>>           - Moved board_eth_init and board_mmc_init in case of
>>>>>           device tree support
>>>>> Changes in V6:
>>>>>           - None.
>>>>>     arch/arm/include/asm/arch-exynos/board.h |  17 ++
>>>>>     board/samsung/common/Makefile            |   4 +
>>>>>     board/samsung/common/board.c             | 405
>>>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>     board/samsung/smdk5250/exynos5-dt.c      | 361
>>>>> +--------------------------
>>>>>     board/samsung/smdk5250/smdk5250.c        | 182 +-------------
>>>>>     include/configs/exynos5250-dt.h          |   2 +
>>>>>     6 files changed, 435 insertions(+), 536 deletions(-)
>>>>>     create mode 100644 arch/arm/include/asm/arch-exynos/board.h
>>>>>     create mode 100644 board/samsung/common/board.c
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The name of exynos5 common file can't be just "board.c" since it is
>>>> common
>>>> only for Exynos5 boards and is placed in Samsung common.
>>>> We have few Exynos4 boards in u-boot and in future we can introduce
>>>> common
>>>> board file for them too.
>>>> So it is better to add some additional word to this file name. This also
>>>> needs to change config name or add checking SOC version in common
>>>> Makefile.
>>>>
>>> Cannot we use the same file even for exynos4 boards.
>>>
>>
>> I'm not sure that you understand my intention.
>>
>> You want to introduce:
>> board/samsung/common/board.c - with only Exynos5 code
>>
>> I mean that it should looks like this, e.g:
>> "board/samsung/common/board_exynos4.c" - common code for all Exynos 4
>> "board/samsung/common/board_exynos5.c" - common code for all Exynos 5
>> since there is some duplicated code in Exynos4 boards that can be moved to
>> one common file in the future.
>> Do you understand my intention now?
>>
> Yes I understood your intention,  but had a question cannot we use the
> same file board.c for exynos4 and exynos5 too.
> Since both have most of functions similar like board_init,  dram_init,
> board_uart_init and so on.
>
> If u still feel that exynos4 and exynos5 have lots of functions
> different in board/samsung we can create a seperate file. I was hoping
> the same board.c could be reused for exynos4 also.
>
Ah, ok. This is good idea with the one common file. Then we will have 
board files with strict board dependent functions. So I don't have any 
objections jet.
Regards,

-- 
Przemyslaw Marczak
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics
p.marczak at samsung.com