[PATCH 0/9] ARM: dts: imx28: Clean up older DTS files

Shawn Guo shawnguo at kernel.org
Sun Mar 5 18:58:26 PST 2023


On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 02:13:03PM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 10:44:49AM +0100, Sébastien Szymanski wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On 2/1/23 21:33, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> > > Since the imx28 belongs to the early ARM platforms which has been
> > > adapted to DT, a lot of these DTS files are not in the best shape.
> > > So this series tries to address this by using label references
> > > and SPDX tags.
> > > 
> > > Theses patches doesn't include functional changes. The resulting
> > > DTB files has been verified with dtdiff.
> > > 
> > > Stefan Wahren (9):
> > >    ARM: dts: imx28-apf28: Convert to use label references
> > >    ARM: dts: imx28-m28/sps1: Convert to use label references
> > >    ARM: dts: imx28-apx4devkit: Convert to use label references
> > >    ARM: dts: imx28-cfa10036: Convert to use label references
> > >    ARM: dts: imx28-duckbill: Convert to use label references
> > >    ARM: dts: imx28-duckbill-2: Include base board
> > >    ARM: dts: imx28-evk: Convert to use label references
> > >    ARM: dts: imx28-ts4600: Convert to use label references
> > >    ARM: dts: imx28-tx28: add SPDX-License-Identifier
> > > 
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-apf28.dts             |  96 ++--
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-apf28dev.dts          | 312 ++++++------
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-apx4devkit.dts        | 380 +++++++-------
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-cfa10036.dts          | 193 ++++----
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-cfa10049.dts          | 454 +++++++++--------
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-cfa10055.dts          | 224 +++++----
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-cfa10056.dts          | 146 +++---
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-cfa10057.dts          | 252 +++++-----
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-cfa10058.dts          | 186 ++++---
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-duckbill-2-485.dts    | 174 +------
> > >   .../arm/boot/dts/imx28-duckbill-2-enocean.dts | 198 +-------
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-duckbill-2-spi.dts    | 211 ++------
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-duckbill-2.dts        | 256 +++++-----
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-duckbill.dts          | 196 ++++----
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-evk.dts               | 462 +++++++++---------
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-m28.dtsi              |  44 +-
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-m28cu3.dts            | 354 +++++++-------
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-m28evk.dts            | 420 ++++++++--------
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-sps1.dts              | 201 ++++----
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-ts4600.dts            |  80 ++-
> > >   arch/arm/boot/dts/imx28-tx28.dts              |  38 +-
> > >   21 files changed, 2142 insertions(+), 2735 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > 
> > FYI, such changes have been rejected years ago:
> > 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20140512141814.GE8330@dragon/
> 
> I hope the attitude has changed here in the last years. Device trees
> with label references are so much easier to read and to maintain.

Ok, I'm flexible on this.  Considering Krzysztof has been doing the same
for other platforms, I guess arm-soc folks changed their thoughts.

Shawn



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