linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] ARM: dts: exynos: Remove skeleton.dtsi usage and fix memory node DTC warnings

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Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2016 15:45:24 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] ARM: dts: exynos: Remove skeleton.dtsi usage and fix
 memory node DTC warnings

Hello Krzysztof,

On 08/31/2016 02:55 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 08/31/2016 02:14 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> Hello Krzysztof,
>>
>> This series removes the usage of the skeleton.dtsi in all the Exynos dts,
>> which allows to get rid of the DTC warnings about a mismatch between the
>> memory nodes' unit names and reg properties.
>>
>> Patches are pretty trivial and shouldn't cause functional changes AFAIK,
>> but only the Exynos5 changes have been tested. The others patches were
>> just built tested.
> 
> I think this is a common problem, not only Exynos-specific, so I would

That's correct.

> prefer to stick to common pattern. Either all DTS/DTSI include skeleton
> or none of them.
>

The idea is to get rid of skeleton.dtsi [0], but that will of course take
time until the dtsi is removed from all the files. So this patch is a step
in the right direction so at least Exynos is not a blocker to remove it.
 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 

[0]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/3/195

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America