Re: [PATCH 3/4] arm64: dts: exynos: make tm2 and tm2e independent from each other

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

Hello Andi,

On 01/03/2017 08:55 AM, Andi Shyti wrote:
> Hi Chanwoo,
> 
>>>>>>> Currently tm2e dts includes tm2 but there are some differences
>>>>>>> between the two boards and tm2 has some properties that tm2e
>>>>>>> doesn't have.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's why it's important to keep the two dts files independent
>>>>>>> and put all the commonalities in a tm2-common.dtsi file.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jaechul Lee <jcsing.lee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>  .../boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi     | 1046 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433-tm2.dts      | 1033 +------------------
>>>>>>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433-tm2e.dts     |    2 +-
>>>>>>>  3 files changed, 1049 insertions(+), 1032 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi
>>>>>>
> 
> [...]
> 
>>> Because exynos5433-tm2.dts results modified, while
>>> exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi is new. Even though I did:
>>>
>>> 1. mv exynos5433-tm2.dts exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi
>>> 2. copied pieces from exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi to a new
>>>    exynos5433-tm2.dts
>>
>> I think that exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi is not necessary because there
>> is small difference between TM2 and TM2E.
>>
>> I explain the detailed difference between TM2 and TM2E and then reply
>> how to support the TM2E board with existing exynos5433-tm2.dts file
>> without exynos5433-tm2-common.dtsi.
>>
>> Difference and the way to support TM2E with existing
>> exynos5433-tm2.dts file as following:
>> - hsi2c_9 is either used or not. TM2 uses the hsi2c_9 node for
>> touchkey. but TM2E do not use the hsi2c_9.
>>    : We can just disable the hsi2c_9 node on tm2e.dts as following:
>>
>>    &hsi2c_9 {
>>          status = "disable";
>>    };
> 
> I thought about this alternative too, it just looked cleaner to
> me to have a tm2-common.dtsi file.
> 
> Anyway, as you guys wish. If for you and Krzysztof is better this
> way, we can drop this patch and add the above lines in the current
> Jaechul's patch 4/4.
>

FWIW, I also agree with Chanwoo that the difference is too small to
need a common .dtsi file.
 
> Thanks,
> Andi
> 

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America