[PATCH 1/3] ARM: pxa/raumfeld: add platform support

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Fri Nov 27 03:50:05 EST 2009


On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 02:49:24AM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Dne Čt 26. listopadu 2009 23:19:30 Russell King - ARM Linux napsal(a):
> > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:11:26PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > Dne Čt 26. listopadu 2009 20:18:40 Russell King - ARM Linux napsal(a):
> > > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 08:13:47PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > Why don't we separate the common MFP configuration into another table
> > > > > as some platforms do ? The code duplication is horrible here ...
> > > >
> > > > Please read the comments on the previous patch series for this.
> > >
> > > So is it your preference or is there any valid argument to support your
> > > way ?
> > 
> > The original way was to have many small tables setting up the MFP
> > according to which devices were going to be registered.
> 
> Yeah, that's weird.
> > 
> > Mike suggested to have one common table and a per-board table, but the
> > response was that this could lead to duplications and other similar
> > problems.
> 
> Why duplications ? One common table (it's obvious which pins would be there) and 
> 3 small tables containing the rest would be nice.

Duplications when things are modified.  Like I said, read the original
thread; this was covered there.



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