[U-Boot] Where should Renesas RZ/A go under arch/arm/ ????

[Nobuhiro Iwamatsu]

Hi,

I am sorry that my comment was delayed.

2017-11-01 11:09 GMT+09:00 Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 03:26:02PM +0000, Chris Brandt wrote:
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply!
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 31, 2017 1, Tom Rini wrote:
>> > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 12:13:22PM +0000, Chris Brandt wrote:
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > Since I've been supporting a u-boot for the Renesas RZ/A1 SoC for a
>> > > while now, I thought I'd start upstreaming the drivers/patches I've
>> > acquired
>> > > over the years.
>> > >
>> > > But, where should the core files and Kconfig go?
>> > >
>> > > The RZ/A1 series has a Cortex-A9.
>> > >
>> > > At first, I had made a directory under arch/arm/cpu/armv7/
>> > >
>> > > But, now I see things are moving under arch/arm/mach-xxxx.
>> > >
>> > > There is a arch/arm/mach-rmobile directory that has the Renesas R-Car
>> > > devices. But while the RZ/A1 uses some of the same HW IP blocks, for the
>> > > most part it's a different product line.
>> > >
>> > > So, Where should I put my RZ/A1 (and future RZ/A devices, or future RZ/N
>> > > devices)?
>> > >
>> > > 1. Keep all Renesas parts together like we do in the kernel (arm/mach-
>> > shmobile)?
>> > >
>> > >    u-boot/arch/arm/mach-rmobile
>> >
>> > I would vote for renaming and matching the kernel here and using
>> > mach-shmobile.  Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Ugh! That shmobile name is going to haunt us forever (even though we
>> don't even make SH-Mobile parts anymore....and they are all ARM cores now,
>> not SH).
>>
>> I will say that upstream in the kernel, most everything else has been
>> renamed to "renesas" (ie, ARCH_RENESAS, )...except that directory name. I
>> asked if/when they would rename it, but at the moment, there is not plan
>> as not to break anything.
>>
>> Maybe we can compromise on everything in mach-renesas??
>
> OK, I can go with mach-renesas, thanks again!

+1

Chirs,:
The reason we are using mach-rmobile is that the code merged first was
rmobile SoC.
As you say, these names are almost gone, and in the Linux kernel it is
already mach-renesas.

I am planning to move mach-rmobile to mach-renesas. How is your work situation?

Best regards,
  Nopbuhiro


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