[RFC v1 0/5] ARM: Initial support for Marvell Armada 1500

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Mon Aug 19 04:03:39 EDT 2013


On Monday 19 August 2013, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> We either put it into mach-mvebu and pretend to consolidate Marvell SoCs
> in there. Pro would be that it is close to other Armadas there, con is
> that Armada is codename for virtually any Marvell SoC lately.
> 
> If we want a new mach- directory, I'd suggest either mach-berlin which
> looks like some nickname for 88de3xxx SoCs or simply boring
> mach-88de3xxx.

As I said, either way is fine with me. If you use a new directory, I'd
suggest using the same mach-mv88de3100 name that Marvell uses, to give
them a "hint" about this when updating their own sources to a newer
version. They might get the idea and actually start using your code ;-)

	Arnd



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