[EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] arm64: dts: cn913x: add device trees for topology B boards

Kostya Porotchkin kostap at marvell.com
Sun Dec 20 02:32:23 EST 2020


Hello, Andrew,
Thank you for review!

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> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>
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> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] arm64: dts: cn913x: add device trees for
> topology B boards
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> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/Makefile
> > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/Makefile
> > index 3e5f2e7a040c..d9b924a63d89 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/Makefile
> > @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += armada-8040-
> db.dtb
> >  dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += armada-8040-mcbin.dtb
> >  dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += armada-8040-mcbin-singleshot.dtb
> >  dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += armada-8080-db.dtb
> > -dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += cn9130-db.dtb
> > -dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += cn9131-db.dtb
> > -dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += cn9132-db.dtb
> > +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += cn9130-db-A.dtb
> > +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += cn9130-db-B.dtb
> > +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += cn9131-db-A.dtb
> > +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += cn9131-db-B.dtb
> > +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += cn9132-db-A.dtb
> > +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU) += cn9132-db-B.dtb
> 
> Are the filenames consider ABI? I wonder if cn9130-db A should continue to
> be called cn9130-db.dtb? Are bootloaders and image installers going to break
> because the filename changed?
[KP] I wanted to 
1) make the DTS naming match the current SDK code
2) avoid similarity between DTS and DTSI names
I do not expect wide usage of DB platforms at this time,  I expect the CRB to be more popular due to its size and price.
Do you think it may cause a problem?

Kosta
> 
> The rest of the changes look fine.
> 
>     Andrew



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