linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] arm64: dts: Add symlinks for cros-ec-keyboard and cros-ec-sbs

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Message-ID: <CAOesGMiim2WFfEAg-bJmWTwWn69=V_GuEg6AxsxPYMyzd3KFUw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:47:31 -0800
From:   Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Cc:     Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:ARM/Rockchip SoC..." <linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Chris Zhong <zyw@...k-chips.com>,
        Stephen Barber <smbarber@...omium.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Caesar Wang <wxt@...k-chips.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] arm64: dts: Add symlinks for cros-ec-keyboard and cros-ec-sbs

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org> wrote:
> From: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
>
> We'd like to be able to use the cros-ec-keyboard.dtsi and
> cros-ec-sbs.dtsi snippets for arm64 devices.  Currently those files live
> in the arm/boot/dts directory.
>
> Let's follow the convention set by commit 8ee57b8182c4 ("ARM64: dts:
> vexpress: Use a symlink to vexpress-v2m-rs1.dtsi from arch=arm") and use
> a symlink.  Note that in this case we put the files in a new
> "include/common" directory since these snippets may need to be
> referenced by dts files in many different subdirectories.

I'd rather have something like this:

https://marc.info/?m=147547436324674&w=2

Instead of having everybody move things over. I.e. make it easy to
refer to the arm version from arm64 instead of creating a "common"
layer inbetween.


-Olof