[PATCH] powerpc: rename immap_86xx.h to fsl_guts.h, and add 85xx support

Peter Tyser ptyser at xes-inc.com
Fri Jul 23 01:30:17 EST 2010


Hi Timur,

> +/**
> + * Global Utility Registers.
> + *
> + * Not all registers defined in this structure are available on all chips, so
> + * you are expected to know whether a given register actually exists on your
> + * chip before you access it.
> + *
> + * Also, some registers are similar on different chips but have slightly
> + * different names.  In these cases, one name is chosen to avoid extraneous
> + * #ifdefs.
> + */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_85xx
> +struct ccsr_guts_85xx {
> +#else
> +struct ccsr_guts_86xx {
> +#endif

Is there a good reason to have 2 different names for the same structure
depending on the architecture?  I'd think keeping a common "ccsr_guts"
name would get rid of the ifdefs above as well as in code that can be
used on both 85xx and 86xx processors down the road.

Best,
Peter



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