[PATCH] arm64: amd-seattle: Adding device tree for AMD Seattle platform

[Suravee Suthikulanit]

On 10/27/2014 6:25 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
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> On 27.10.14 15:29, Suravee Suthikulanit wrote:
>> On 10/26/2014 9:08 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>>> This option doesn't exist in upstream kernels, does it? Why not just
>>>>>>> make it dtb-y?
>>>>>
>>>>> CONFIG_ARCH_SEATTLE is being added one hunk above.:)
>>> Oops:).
>>>
>>> I'm not convinced we need a config option just for the sake of
>>> compiling a device tree though.
>>>
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
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>> Eventually, we would add other device driver selections when
>> CONFIG_ARCH_SEATTLE=y. At this point, those drivers are still not ready.
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> Could you please give me some examples of drivers that would depend on
> CONFIG_ARCH_SEATTLE? I like the current way things work without the need
> for such an option, where everything's implemented purely as drivers you
> can opt in our out of.
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> You don't have a CONFIG_ARCH_SB7XX on x86 either, right? ;)
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> Alex
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I am not saying that device drivers need to depend on 
CONFIG_ARCH_SEATTLE. I am thinking along the line of an easy way to 
enable SOC without having to manually select each of the required 
drivers to support the SOC. An example is the "ARCH_VEXPRESS".

Suravee