[U-Boot] [PATCH 03/10] sunxi: Introduce a hidden ARCH_SUN6I Kconfig bool

[Ian Campbell]

On Thu, 2015-04-16 at 09:23 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 15-04-15 21:47, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Wed, 2015-04-15 at 10:45 +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> >> It is not obvious which MACH_SUN?I are ARCH_SUN6I derived. So if you
> >> can come up with a descriptive name for 'a number of things in common,
> >> such as having separate ahb reset registers in the ccm' that's fine
> >> otherwise this obfuscates the code, not clarifies.
> >
> > I don't particularly object to the patch but this occurred to me too. I
> > suppose the rule is "first sunxi to look this way".
> >
> > How about we call groups of similar SoCs a "generation", i.e.
> > ARCH_SUNXI_GEN2 is what is called ARCH_SUN6I here, meaning GEN1 would be
> > SUN4/5/7I.
> 
> I like the GEN idea, but not the numbering as it is a bit too arbitrary
> how about: ARCH_SUNXI_GEN_SUN6I or (better I think) just SUNXI_GEN_SUN6I ?

Works for me (I agree the second is better too).

> 
> I know that does not solve the fact that MACH_SUN7I is SUNXI_GEN_SUN4I
> but we cannot fix that, at least this way it will be explicit.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hans
>