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

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Tue Oct 31 15:14:12 UTC 2017


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!

-- 
Tom
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