linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: bcm283x: Move the BCM2837 DT contents from arm64 to arm.

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Message-ID: <18c414ac-c58e-bf99-1d04-8fed2c4a0300@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:55:06 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: bcm283x: Move the BCM2837 DT contents from
 arm64 to arm.

On 07/26/2017 01:01 PM, Eric Anholt wrote:
> BCM2837 is somewhat unusual in that we build its DT on both arm32 and
> arm64.  Most devices are being run in arm32 mode.
> 
> Having the body of the DT for 2837 separate from 2835/6 has been a
> source of pain, as we often need to make changes that span both
> directories simultaneously (for example, the thermal changes for 4.13,
> or anything that changes the name of a node referenced by '&' from
> board files).  Other changes are made more complicated than they need
> to be, such as the SDHOST enabling, because we have to split a single
> logical change into a 283[56] half and a 2837 half.
> 
> To fix this, make the stub board include file live in arm64 instead of
> arm32, and keep all of BCM283x's contents in arm32.  From here on, our
> changes to DT contents can be submitted through a single tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>

Applied to devicetree/next (arm64), thanks Eric!

-- 
Florian