[PATCH 1/2] mxc: add common debug board for 3-stack platforms

jason jason77.wang at gmail.com
Tue Jun 22 09:08:43 EDT 2010


Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:06:34PM +0800, jason wrote:
>   
>> Sascha Hauer wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 10:25:06PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> The debug board is little different for all mxc 3-stack(PDK)
>>>> platforms, it is possible here to add a common implementation to
>>>> support this board.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Two small things left:
>>>
>>> Could you change the name cpld_debugboard.c to something like
>>> 3ds_debugboard.c? That we are talking about the 3ds is much more
>>> interesting than that there's a cpld on the board.
>>>
>>> Also, I really prefer having no extra header file for the debug board.
>>> All information in this header file is only interesting in this single C
>>> file.
>>>
>>> Sascha
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Hi Sascha,
>>
>> About the header file, most contents can be moved to c file,
>> but there are two declarations:
>>
>> extern struct platform_device smsc_lan9217_device;
>>     
>
> What do you need this one for?
>
>   
Originally i want to register lan9217 in the board-mxNN-3ds.c, just like:
if (!mxc_expio_init(MX51_CS5_BASE_ADDR, EXPIO_PARENT_INT))
platform_device_register(&smsc_lan9217_device);

Of course, i can give it a wrapper like mxc_expio_lan_init();

Please see my next version.

Thanks,
Jason.
>> int __init mxc_expio_init(u32 base, u32 p_irq);
>>     
>
> You'll definitely need this one of course.
>
>   
>> which will be used by board_mxNN_3ds.c, should i move them to mach/common.h and
>> drop 3ds_debugboard.h or keep them in 3ds_debugboard.h?
>>     
>
> Keep them in 3ds_debugboard.h. This way we can easily grep for all users
> of the 3ds debug board code.
>
> Sascha
>
>
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