[PATCH 1/2] arm64: dts: armada-3720-espressobin: sync with downstream

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Fri Sep 4 14:40:15 CEST 2020


Hi Andre,

On 04.09.20 14:35, Andre Heider wrote:

<snip>

>> First I though that you have been syncing the file with the Linux kernel
>> version. But now I see that its sync'ed with downstream U-Boot most
>> likely. As for the license of the file: The Linux kernel version has
>> this SPDX tag:
>>
>> // SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT)
>>
>> Changing this to this tag would haven been fine (AFAICT). But using a
>> diffent one from a downstream U-Boot repository is a bit troublesome
>> for my taste.
>>
>> Can't you sync with Linux dts/dtsi files instead at some point?
> 
> at some point, yes. As far as I understand that's not yet possible due 
> to the comphy driver. Quoting Marek's cover letter "[PATCH 
> u-boot-marvell 00/11] Armada 37xx: port comphy to generic-phys (PLEASE 
> TEST)" from 19th April:
> 
>  > I have ported the COMPHY and UTMI PHY drivers from Linux to U-Boot.
>  > With this we are able to abandon the current comphy_a3700 driver, which
>  > is incompatible with Linux' device trees. So if we want to have DTS
>  > files for A3720 boards identical to Linux', we have to do this.
> 
> So unfortunately we can't use Linux' dts files for a3700 yet. Marek said 
> he plans to work on that set again in the near future, so hopefully that 
> lands rather sooner than later ;)

Ah, thanks. I remember now. ;)

Can you then please drop the sync with the downstream dts and better
only make the necessary changes for eMMC? In a git bisectable way
please?

I know that nobody can test this right now. Perhaps Kostya or somebody
at Marvell be help out here?

Thanks,
Stefan


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