[U-Boot-Users] arm SoC code in U-Boot.

Ben Warren bwarren at qstreams.com
Wed Mar 7 15:27:23 CET 2007


On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 13:37 +0100, Haavard Skinnemoen wrote:
> On 3/7/07, Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Why not try to match this a little more to the Linux directory structure:
> >
> > drivers/net/netarm_eth.*
> > drivers/net/qe/*
> > drivers/i2c/omap1510_i2c.*
> > ...
> 
> I think this is a great idea. Grouping drivers together by function
> makes them much easier to find, and it's also easier to find examples
> when you're writing a new driver. With the current layout, you have to
> grep through the drivers, cpu and board hierarchies to find existing
> drivers similar to the one you're trying to write.

Stellar idea.  The more logically drivers are grouped, the easier it
will to transition to a menuconfig-based system, which would be pretty
cool, don't you think?

Ben





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