linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: mvebu: Add Armada 38x labels and clean up Turris Omnia

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Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2016 11:52:26 +0100
From:   Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@...ine-koenig.org>,
        Michal Hrusecki <Michal.Hrusecky@....cz>,
        Tomas Hlavacek <tomas.hlavacek@....cz>,
        Bedřicha Košatu <bedrich.kosata@....cz>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: mvebu: Add Armada 38x labels and clean up
 Turris Omnia

Hi Russell,

Am 28.11.2016 um 11:37 schrieb Russell King - ARM Linux:
> On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 07:51:39PM +0100, Andreas Färber wrote:
>> To more consistently reference nodes by label, add labels for sata,
>> usb2, sdhci and usb3 nodes.
>>
>> Convert all other 38x boards for consistency. Add labels for nfc and rtc.
> 
> Please don't do this for clearfog - there's changes in the pipeline which
> completely replace armada-388-clearfog.dts because there's a "base" and
> "pro" versions of this hardware now, and making such a huge change will
> effectively mean we have to start over with the DT files.

Would it help to split it back up into a series of add-labels,
use-labels like I had originally? Then you could start using them in
your refactoring as soon as the add-labels patch gets applied. Or are
you completely against this style?

Thanks for pointing this out,

Andreas

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