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

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Message-ID: <20161128105836.GU14217@n2100.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:58:36 +0000
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
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

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 11:52:26AM +0100, Andreas Färber wrote:
> 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?

What I mentioned is not a case of a work in progress, it's already out
in the wild, and completely changing the clearfog dts file by changing
the style of DT references will make applying the changes _much_ more
difficult - not only obviously impossible to apply the original patch,
but also quite impossible to identify the changes made downstream.

So, I'd rather armada-388-clearfog.dts is not touched at all as it _will_
cause conflicts, but I have nothing against the new style (and I actually
prefer it.)

What I'm asking is that you don't make other people's lives harder than
they need to be.

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