[U-Boot] [RFC PATCH 01/11] serial: Add support for Qualcomm serial port

Masahiro Yamada yamada.masahiro at socionext.com
Mon Dec 28 18:13:24 CET 2015


Hi Simon,


2015-12-28 13:29 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>:
> Hi Masahiro,
>
> On 22 December 2015 at 20:52, Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com> wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>>
>>
>>>> BTW, the "Include file order" in
>>>> http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/CodingStyle
>>>>
>>>> Is this your opinion? Or community's opinion.
>>>>
>>>> Did anybody review it?
>>>
>>> This came from Mike Frysinger some years ago on the mailing list and I
>>> have followed it since. I took it to be a U-Boot standard and added it
>>> to the Wiki at some point. Linux perhaps has linux/ above asm/ for its
>>> own reasons (e.g. because it is Linux and needs its headers first) but
>>> I don't think that is a good idea for U-Boot. It is unnecessary and
>>> makes the sort order more confusing.
>>>
>>
>> OK, but I want to know the reason.
>> Do you remember why Mike Frysinger suggested so?
>>
>> I guess Linux sorts headers from global to local.
>>
>> #include <linux/*.h>    global in the project
>> #include <asm/*.h>      arch-specific
>> #include "foo.h"        local in the directory
>>
>>
>> Likewise, the following makes sense for U-Boot
>>
>> #include <common.h>
>> #include <*.h>              global in the project (U-boot orignal)
>> #include <linux/*.h>        global in the project (come from Linux)
>> #include <asm/*.h>          arch-specific
>> #include <asm/arch/*.h>     SoC-specific
>> #include "foo.h"            local in the directory
>>
>> if I am not missing something...
>
> The only difference here seems to be the position of the linux
> headers. I don't think it is a big deal to change it if you like. The
> only think I don't like so much is that it seems easier to put 'linux'
> after 'asm', since it matches the alphabetical order and may avoid
> confusion. But it's not important to me - mostly we just need to be
> consistent. If you want to do this, perhaps get an ack from Tom and
> then update the wiki?
>

OK.

Perhaps, we can continue this discussion in a more suitable subject.


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada


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