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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4] ARM: dts: Move .dts files to vendor sub-directories


    On 2023/5/5 11:29, Rob Herring wrote:
    > The arm dts directory has grown to 1553 boards which makes it a bit
    > unwieldy to maintain and use. Past attempts stalled out due to plans to
    > move .dts files out of the kernel tree. Doing that is no longer planned
    > (any time soon at least), so let's go ahead and group .dts files by
    > vendors. This move aligns arm with arm64 .dts file structure.
    >
    > Doing this enables building subsets of dts files by vendor easily
    > without changing kernel configs:
    >
    > make allyesconfig
    > make arch/arm/boot/dts/ti/
    >
    > There's no change to dtbs_install as the flat structure is maintained on
    > install.
    >
    > The naming of vendor directories is roughly in this order of preference:
    > - Matching original and current SoC vendor prefix/name (e.g. ti, qcom)
    > - Current vendor prefix/name if still actively sold (SoCs which have
    > been aquired) (e.g. nxp/imx)
    > - Existing platform name for older platforms not sold/maintained by any
    > company (e.g. gemini, nspire)
    >
    > The whole move was scripted with the exception of MAINTAINERS.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
    > ---

    Acked-by: Wei Xu <xuwei5@hisilicon.com> #hisilicon
    Thanks!

    Best Regards,
    Wei

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