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

Andre Heider a.heider at gmail.com
Fri Sep 4 17:36:18 CEST 2020


On 04/09/2020 14:40, Stefan Roese wrote:
> 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?

Sure, I've just sent v2, completely redone. That also prepares synching 
from Linux, actually already imports two dts from from there.

Regards,
Andre


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