linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] addon_boards: Add addon

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Message-ID: <2024091147-graveness-manmade-d070@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:00:03 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Ayush Singh <ayush@...gleboard.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] addon_boards: Add addon_boards plumbing

On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 07:57:23PM +0530, Ayush Singh wrote:
> A directory to store and build addon_board overlays like mikroBUS,
> Groove, etc. The overlays present here should be completely independent
> of the underlying connector.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ayush Singh <ayush@...gleboard.org>
> ---
>  Kbuild                         |  1 +
>  Kconfig                        |  2 ++
>  MAINTAINERS                    |  1 +
>  addon_boards/Kconfig           | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  addon_boards/Makefile          |  3 +++
>  addon_boards/mikrobus/Makefile |  1 +
>  6 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

Ah, here's where you add this.

It should be below drivers/ right?  But what's wrong with drivers/soc/?
Why is this so special?  Why not just under
drivers/microbus/addon_boards/ ?  Why is this tiny bus/device so
different from everything else out there?

thanks,

greg k-h