[PATCH v2 0/7] add support for Enclustra Mercury AA1 SoMs

[Marek Vasut]

On 9/22/24 9:20 PM, Lothar Rubusch wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 5:33 PM Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>>
>> On 9/17/24 8:21 AM, Lothar Rubusch wrote:
>>> Introduce the support for three variants of Enclustra's Intel Mercury AA1 (with
>>> Intel Arria10) SoMs and additional configs. This is supposed to be the first
>>> step to upstream several of Enclustras SoC FPGA Modules. There are still things
>>> to be modified. So, this is supposed to start the discussion and also to
>>> clarify some of my open issues.
>>>
>>> On the DT approach: I can agree that in parallel I may go for upstreaming
>>> the kernel DT. There is a fundamental difference, still: In order to
>>> represent the combination of module + baseboard + bootmode for the kernel
>>> DT we have to use a mechanism like DTO. For u-boot this can be simpler.
>>> Currently the few adjustments needed will be represented by the DT files as
>>> are. I propose to keep them, and in case remove them later, which I doubt,
>>> since the full DT for the kernel will cover more details. In case
>>> refactoring is needed I can update the DT also in u-boot.
>> I assume after the LPC discussion, there will be a V3 ?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> V3 affects mainly the DT question. As of the LPC discussions I had,
> currently I'm about to rework the DT material. The material will need
> to pass dtbs_check/dtschema.

Indeed, that's a good thing.

> Functionality then needs to be verified
> on my hardware zoo, and eventually I upstream it directly to the Linux
> kernel ML. If successful, then, in u-boot I will build up on upstream
> DTs as proposed here initially.

Thank you.

> V2: Please, feel free to already review V2 patch set. As I assume
> still some issues. Alternatively, we do this on the V3 patch set. No
> stress! Every feedback here is highly appreciate!!
> 
> I pretend putting the involved u-boot people here in CC on the kernel
> ML. Pls, let me know if I need to do the u-boot ML in CC as well.

CC is a good idea.