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

Tom Tom.Rix at windriver.com
Fri Jan 8 17:43:36 CET 2010


Peter Tyser wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 10:05 +0530, Vipin KUMAR wrote:
>> Hello Peter,
>>
<snip>
>>>
>> I am planning to keep the patch order as it is but I would remove 
>> dependencies eg. SPEAr600 would not contain code that depends on
>> a driver added later and so on.
>>
>> This should also be OK. Right?
> 
> It should remove the 'git bisect' issue, which is the important thing to
> me.  The way you did it in v3 should work, its just a bit uglier than
> doing it the "right" way that I outlined above.  Eg you modify spear.h
> and config.mk each time you add a new driver, basically tweaking the
> board support as the patch sequence progresses instead of just adding
> proper board support in 1 patch at the end.
> 
> Also, its a bit ugly to add both spear arch support as well as board
> support in patch 2/11.  Ideally you'd have 1 patch adding spear
> architectural support, then additional patches for drivers, then patches
> for boards.
> 

On 2/11, this patch must be split.
Arch support split from board support.

Moving the driver support before board support would simplify the
review. The subsystem custodians would only have to review what they
are responsible for.  I would also recommend doing this.

Tom

> In any case, my comments are mostly aesthetic and I don't really care
> how you split up the patches as long as you don't break bisection:)
> Wolfgang or Tom can force you to reorganize the patches if they care
> about it enough.
> 
> Best,
> Peter
> 
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