[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 2/6] Move lib_<ARCH> directories to lib/<ARCH>

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Dec 7 22:32:11 CET 2009


Dear Peter Tyser,

In message <1258943983.9357.20.camel at ptyser-laptop> you wrote:
>
> My personal preference would be to take it a step further and organize
> like:
> 
> /arch/$ARCH/
> 	/lib/<sources currently in lib_$ARCH/>
> 	/include/asm/<headers currently in incluce/asm-$ARCH/>
> 	/cpu/<appropriate cpu directories in cpu/>
> 	/config.mk (old lib_$ARCH/config.mk)
> 
> /lib/
>         /<source files currently in lib_generic>
>         /libfdt/
>         /lzma/
>         /lzo/
> 
> This layout would more closely match the Linux layout and is cleaner
> overall in my opinion.  What do others think of this idea?

I generally agree with the idea, with the exception of
/include/asm/<headers> - I really hate this change in the Linux
kernel, and still fail to see any advantages of this. Except for that,
such a change would be OK with me.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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