[PATCH 1/5] capemgr: Beaglebone DT overlay based cape manager

[Pantelis Antoniou]

Hi Tony,

On Jan 7, 2013, at 10:09 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote:

> * Pantelis Antoniou <panto at antoniou-consulting.com> [130107 10:54]:
>> A cape loader based on DT overlays and DT objects.
>> 
>> Beaglebone cape manager implementation.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <panto at antoniou-consulting.com>
>> ---
>> arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig            |    2 +
>> drivers/misc/Kconfig                   |    2 +
>> drivers/misc/Makefile                  |    1 +
>> drivers/misc/cape/Kconfig              |    5 +
>> drivers/misc/cape/Makefile             |    5 +
>> drivers/misc/cape/beaglebone/Kconfig   |   11 +
>> drivers/misc/cape/beaglebone/Makefile  |    5 +
>> drivers/misc/cape/beaglebone/capemgr.c | 1835 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> The driver should probably be in drivers/bus?
> 

It was a bus on the previous iteration and there was a flame storm of epic proportions.

It is not a bus at all now, it's just a device loader; there are no
bus constructs at all. I am at a loss to classify it really, so drivers/misc
where every misfit ends up sounded OK.

I'm open to suggestions though.

>> 8 files changed, 1866 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 drivers/misc/cape/Kconfig
>> create mode 100644 drivers/misc/cape/Makefile
>> create mode 100644 drivers/misc/cape/beaglebone/Kconfig
>> create mode 100644 drivers/misc/cape/beaglebone/Makefile
>> create mode 100644 drivers/misc/cape/beaglebone/capemgr.c
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
>> index 41b581f..f0c2eab 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
>> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ config ARCH_OMAP2PLUS_TYPICAL
>> 	select TWL4030_CORE if ARCH_OMAP3 || ARCH_OMAP4
>> 	select TWL4030_POWER if ARCH_OMAP3 || ARCH_OMAP4
>> 	select VFP
>> +	select OF_OVERLAY
>> +	select OF_RESOLVE
>> 	help
>> 	  Compile a kernel suitable for booting most boards
> 
> You should just make the driver depend on OF_OVERLAY and
> OF_RESOLVE as most SoCs won't need this. Then we can select
> it in the omap2plus_defconfig.
> 

OK

> Regards,
> 
> Tony  

Regards

-- Pantelis