Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 May 2023 17:20:36 +0100 | From | Sudeep Holla <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/4] ARM: dts: Move .dts files to vendor sub-directories |
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On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 10:29:29PM -0500, 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> > --- > MAINTAINERS | 181 +--
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> arch/arm/boot/dts/{ => arm}/vexpress-v2m-rs1.dtsi | 0 > arch/arm/boot/dts/{ => arm}/vexpress-v2m.dtsi | 0 > .../boot/dts/{ => arm}/vexpress-v2p-ca15-tc1.dts | 0 > .../boot/dts/{ => arm}/vexpress-v2p-ca15_a7.dts | 0 > arch/arm/boot/dts/{ => arm}/vexpress-v2p-ca5s.dts | 0 > arch/arm/boot/dts/{ => arm}/vexpress-v2p-ca9.dts | 0
For all vexpress related changes:
Acked-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
-- Regards, Sudeep
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