linux-kernel - Re: kbuild now support arch/$ARCH/include

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Message-ID: <20080809030927.GA7766@linux-sh.org>
Date:	Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:09:28 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	linux arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kbuild now support arch/$ARCH/include - time for ARCHs to convert

On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 04:52:44AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 07:23:15PM +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> > I just did the necessary changes for MIPS and the first testbuild is running
> > successfully so far.
> > 
> > One of the ugly things in the MIPS makefiles is the use of platform-
> > specific headers in include/asm-mips/mach-* which contain platform specific
> > headers.  Ideally those should be included through something like
> > <mach/somefile.h> or <plat/something.h> and I think a directory like
> > arch/$ARCH/$PLATFORM/include/plat/foobar.h could be a good place in the
> > new scheme?  I assume other platforms have similar issues with subplatforms,
> > processor sub-architectures etc.?
> 
> Hi Ralf.
> 
> Did you follow what arm have planned?
> It looks like MIPS should do things in the same way so
> we get some consistency.
> 
Where was this discussed? SH has the same issues obviously, but we've
already settled on a scheme.
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