[PATCH 1/1] ARM: Exynos: Add generic compatible string

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Fri Feb 21 09:48:04 EST 2014


On Friday 21 February 2014 14:18:49 Tomasz Figa wrote:
> 
> > Now that we have a broader agreement on this, I think we can go ahead with the
> > following steps as an initial approach:
> > 1. Have a common machine file for both exynos4 and 5 files, mach-exynos-dt.c.
> > 2. Introduce a generic compatible string "samsung,exynos".
> > 3. Append this to the compatible property list for existing boards.
> >
> > If this plan looks OK, I can send across patches doing this.
> >
> 
> Looks good. I would also merge common.c with this resulting 
> mach-exynos-dt.c, as it would be the only user of the code there.

Sounds good. While the naming is not important, I would just call the
file 'exynos.c', in line with some of the other platforms we have.
Both the 'mach-' and the '-dt' part of the file name are redundant.

Alternatively, you could merge it all into common.c.

	Arnd



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