[PATCH v7] Add optimized Makefile support for SoCFPGA handoff

[Chee, Tien Fong]

Hi Brian,

On 19/11/2025 9:08 pm, Sune Brian wrote:
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>> Arria 10 boards require the A10-specific filter script under:  arch/arm/mach-socfpga/qts-filter-a10.sh
>>
>> Invocation pattern: qts-filter-a10.sh <handoff-input-directory> <output-qts-dir>
>>
>> It processes a set of A10-specific XML and RBF inputs such as:
>>
>> pinmux.xml
>> arria10_hps.xml
>> pll.xml
>> emif.xml
>> core.rbf
>> other Qsys-exported XML files
> I had provided new patch and removed the A10.
>
> Second because this is bash script and according to
> what the new tools are supposed to look like.
> Python script is new tools language and should be
> followed accordingly.
>
> As such I will not going to merge A10 to this build flow.
> And any new family handoff should also put to
> the same location as Tom suggestion and also
> make things more clean and better on manage.
> u-boot/tools/a10_bsp_generator.
>
> Meantime, I think it is even better on generalizing
> one folder for all Altera socfpga tools, with
> requirements.txt as well.


Thanks for the clarification.

Understood on the removal of Arria 10 from this flow, since its handoff 
mechanism is different and not based on the |.hiof| format.

Noted on your point about keeping the tooling consistent. We can keep 
this in mind during future clean-ups.

All good from my side. Thanks for the update.

Tien Fong