[PATCH V2 1/3] arm/dt: add basic mx51 device tree support

Jason Hui jason.hui at linaro.org
Mon Mar 14 16:33:55 EST 2011


Hi, Arnd,

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
> On Friday 11 March 2011, Jason Hui wrote:
>> >> Alternatively, it could be done the other way round: rename the identifiers
>> >> in the file from mx51_ to mx5_, and make sure that they don't contain
>> >> any mx51 specific settings but always refer to properties in the
>> >> device tree for the differences.
>> >
>> > I saw that your V4 still implements neither Shawn's suggestion nor mine.
>>
>> As you said, I don't want to make thing complex too. I don't want to
>> have mx51_dt or
>> mx53_dt as Shawn Suggests and I still don't want to make it change to
>> mx5 now as you suggest
>> Since this patch only support mx51 currently. I think it's easy to
>> make change later once mx53 in-deed
>> added in DT support, what do you think?
>
> It would also be easy to rename the file from mx51_dt to board_dt
> when it becomes more generic. I don't consider it a show-stopper
> though and am comfortable with leaving it to your own judgement.

Thanks for the comments. I will keep as it's now.

>
> Generally speaking, you don't have to do everything that reviewers
> suggest, but please reply to explain your reasons if you disagree.

Yes, correct. :)

>
>        Arnd
>


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