[PATCH 2/2] ARM: dts: mvebu: add device tree for IIJ SA-W2 appliance

INAGAKI Hiroshi musashino.open at gmail.com
Fri Mar 3 20:57:22 PST 2023


Hi Krzysztof,

On 2023/02/25 22:11, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 25/02/2023 13:48, INAGAKI Hiroshi wrote:
>> Hi Krzysztof,
>>
>> thank you for the response.
>>
>> On 2023/02/24 21:53, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 24/02/2023 13:28, INAGAKI Hiroshi wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +/ {
>>>>>> +	model = "IIJ SA-W2";
>>>>>> +	compatible = "iij,sa-w2", "marvell,armada380";
>>>>> It would be nice to start documenting the board compatibles, at least
>>>>> for new boards.
>>>> So...how do I do that?
>>> Start with something like this for Marvell:
>>>
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230222203847.2664903-2-colin.foster@in-advantage.com/
>> Oh, got it. So marvell/armada-38x.yaml needs to be created from
>> armada-38x.txt like armada-37xx.yaml.
> I don't understand why we need three or more files... all or almost all
> platforms are having them in one file. So just merge them to one.
>
>> Questions:
>>
>> - who should be assigned to "maintainers:" in new yaml?
> Maintainer of platform.
>
>> - should the old text file be deleted when new yaml is created?
> If you convert, then yes, but we did not talk about conversion but at
> least starting documenting the new ones.

thank you for your answers and sorry for my misunderstandings...

So, (to organize my thoughts and understand correctly)

- what is the optimal solution for "documenting the board compatibles" 
of Marvell platforms in the current state?
- What should I do in this contribution of SA-W2 for "documenting the 
board compatibles"?

>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>

Regards,
Hiroshi



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