[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 0/9] Added support for SPEAr SoCs

Peter Tyser ptyser at xes-inc.com
Thu Jan 7 19:21:14 CET 2010


On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 17:26 +0530, Vipin KUMAR wrote:
> This patch set is a reworked patch which incorporates all review feedbacks from
> earlier earlier mails
> 
> This patch set contains the support for 4 SoCs
> SPEAr600
> SPEAr300
> SPEAr310
> SPEAr320
> 
> SPEAr is an ARM based SoC which supports rich set of peripherals like Ethernet,
>       USB Host, USB Device etc to support various general applications
> 
> For further info on SPEAr SoC, please see README.spear also contained in the
> patch set.
> 
> Vipin (9):
>   Added README.spear
>   SPEAr600 SoC support added
>   SPEAr300 SoC support added
>   SPEAr310 SoC support added
>   SPEAr320 SoC support added
>   i2c driver support for SPEAr SoCs
>   smi driver support for SPEAr SoCs
>   nand(fsmc) driver support for SPEAr SoCs
>   usbd driver support for SPEAr SoCs

It would be nice if you reordered the patches.  At a glance, some of the
boards added first rely on drivers added later.  Eg patch 1 uses the I2C
driver in patch 6.  This will cause 'git bisects' to break.  To prevent
this you should add SOC + driver code first, then boards last.
Something like:

1. Initial SPEAr SOC support
2. SPEAr: Add I2C support
3. SPEAr: Add SMI support
....
6. Add SPEAr 600 board support
7. Add SPEAr 300 board support
8. Add SPEAr 310 board support
9. Add SPEAr 320 board support

Best,
Peter



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