[PATCH v2] QE: move qe code from arch/powerpc to drivers/soc

[qiang.zhao at freescale.com]

On Wed, 2014-09-10 at 07:27 -0500, Wood Scott-B07421 wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wood Scott-B07421
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 7:27 AM
> To: Zhao Qiang-B45475
> Cc: Li Yang-Leo-R58472; linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org; Xie Xiaobo-R63061;
> linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] QE: move qe code from arch/powerpc to drivers/soc
> 
> On Tue, 2014-09-09 at 04:27 -0500, Zhao Qiang-B45475 wrote:
> > On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 06:47 AM, Wood Scott wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] QE: move qe code from arch/powerpc to
> > > drivers/soc
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 13:06 +0800, Zhao Qiang wrote:
> > > > LS1 is arm cpu and it has qe ip block.
> > > > move qe code from platform directory to public directory.
> > > >
> > > > QE is an IP block integrates several comunications peripheral
> > > > controllers. It can implement a variety of applications, such as
> > > > uart, usb and tdm and so on.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Zhao Qiang <B45475 at freescale.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > Changes for v2:
> > > > 	- mv code to drivers/soc
> > >
> > > Who will be the maintainer of this code once it lives in
> > > drivers/soc, especially once it is no longer used only by PPC?
> >
> > I have no idea about that, can you explain why you want to know who
> will be the maintainer.
> 
> Currently it falls within "Freescale PPC" which I maintain.  This moves
> it out of arch/powerpc and is the first step towards making it not be
> PPC-specific.  Whose tree are you expecting patches to drivers/soc/fsl-qe
> to go through?

How about network tree?

> 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/soc/qe/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qe/Kconfig new
> > > > file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b03ca2
> > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > +++ b/drivers/soc/qe/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
> > > > +#
> > > > +# QE Communication options
> > > > +#
> > > > +config QUICC_ENGINE
> > > > +	bool "Freescale QUICC Engine (QE) Support"
> > > > +	depends on FSL_SOC && PPC32
> > > > +	select PPC_LIB_RHEAP
> > > > +	select CRC32
> > > > +	help
> > > > +	  The QUICC Engine (QE) is a new generation of communications
> > > > +	  coprocessors on Freescale embedded CPUs (akin to CPM in
> older
> > > chips).
> > > > +	  Selecting this option means that you wish to build a kernel
> > > > +	  for a machine with a QE coprocessor.
> > > > +
> > > > +config QE_GPIO
> > > > +	bool "QE GPIO support"
> > > > +	depends on QUICC_ENGINE
> > > > +	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
> > > > +	help
> > > > +	  Say Y here if you're going to use hardware that connects to
> the
> > > > +	  QE GPIOs.
> > > > +
> > > > +config UCC_SLOW
> > > > +	bool
> > > > +	default y if SERIAL_QE
> > > > +	help
> > > > +	  This option provides qe_lib support to UCC slow
> > > > +	  protocols: UART, BISYNC, QMC
> > > > +
> > > > +config UCC_FAST
> > > > +	bool
> > > > +	default y if UCC_GETH
> > > > +	help
> > > > +	  This option provides qe_lib support to UCC fast
> > > > +	  protocols: HDLC, Ethernet, ATM, transparent
> > > > +
> > > > +config UCC
> > > > +	bool
> > > > +	default y if UCC_FAST || UCC_SLOW
> > > > +
> > > > +config QE_USB
> > > > +	bool
> > > > +	default y if USB_FSL_QE
> > > > +	help
> > > > +	  QE USB Controller support
> > >
> > > First could we give these names better namespacing?
> >
> > Add FSL as prefix?
> 
> Yes.

If the names changed, there will be so a lot of changes.
Can I send another patch to change it?

> 
> -Scott
> 
Regards,
Zhao Qiang