[PATCH 08/25] imx/mx1: rename files defining a machine to mach-$mach.c

Mark Brown broonie at opensource.wolfsonmicro.com
Thu Feb 4 07:06:22 EST 2010


On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 05:29:16PM -0800, Amit Kucheria wrote:
> On 10 Jan 08, Uwe Kleine-K??nig wrote:

> >  rename arch/arm/mach-mx1/{mx1ads.c => mach-mx1ads.c} (98%)
> >  rename arch/arm/mach-mx1/{scb9328.c => mach-scb9328.c} (98%)

> Rethinking about this (based on a similar request for my i.MX5 submission), I
> think renaming the boards to mach-* is a bad idea.

> Other SoCs (davinci, omap, msm, nomadik, etc.) use the board-* convention. We
> already use mach-* for the SoC directory names under arch/arm/. Naming the
> boards with mach-* will just cause more confusion.

Some other socs (at least the Samsung ones) are using mach- :/



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