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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 19:27:14 +0530
From: Manorit Chawdhry <m-chawdhry@...com>
To: Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
CC: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>, Tero Kristo <kristo@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] arm64: dts: ti: Introduce J742S2 SoC family
Hi Nishanth,
On 06:06-20240731, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> On 09:49-20240731, Manorit Chawdhry wrote:
> > > > + */
> > > > +
> > > > +#include "k3-j784s4.dtsi"
> > > > +
> > > > +/ {
> > > > + model = "Texas Instruments K3 J742S2 SoC";
> > > > + compatible = "ti,j742s2";
> > > > +
> > > > + cpus {
> > > > + cpu-map {
> > > > + /delete-node/ cluster1;
> > > > + };
> > > > + };
> > > > +
> > > > + /delete-node/ cpu4;
> > > > + /delete-node/ cpu5;
> > > > + /delete-node/ cpu6;
> > > > + /delete-node/ cpu7;
> > >
> > > I suggest refactoring by renaming the dtsi files as common and split out
> > > j784s4 similar to j722s/am62p rather than using /delete-node/
> > >
> >
> > I don't mind the suggestion Nishanth if there is a reason behind it.
> > Could you tell why we should not be using /delete-node/?
> >
>
> Maintenance, readability and sustenance are the reasons. This is a
> optimized die. It will end up having it's own changes in property
> and integration details. While reuse is necessary, modifying the
> properties with overrides and /delete-nodes/ creates maintenance
> challenges down the road. We already went down this road with am62p
> reuse with j722s, and eventually determined split and reuse is the
> best option. See [1] for additional guidance.
>
>
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dts-coding-style.rst#n189
Thank you for giving some reasoning, would do the needful!
Regards,
Manorit
>
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> Nishanth Menon
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