Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] misc: xlnx_vcu: Add Xilinx ZYNQMP VCU logicoreIP init driver

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 15.12.2017 14:26, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> In Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Dhaval Shah <dhaval.shah@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Xilinx ZYNQMP logicoreIP Init driver is based on the new
>>> LogiCoreIP design created. This driver provides the processing system
>>> and programmable logic isolation. Set the frequency based on the clock
>>> information get from the logicoreIP register set.
>>>
>>> It is put in drivers/misc as there is no subsystem for this logicoreIP.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Dhaval Shah <dshah@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> After giving this some more thought, I'd suggest you move the driver to
>> drivers/soc/xilinx or drivers/soc/zynq instead of drivers/misc/, and have
>> it merged by Michal Simek as a driver patch that will go through arm-soc.
>
> I have not a problem of creating drivers/soc/xilinx/ location for this
> driver. It is not zynq (arm32) but zynqmp(arm64) device where this
> driver can be used. As far as I understand it is memory mapped soft IP
> which could be also accessed by soft core CPU.

Ok. I wouldn't be worried about having a zynq directory for stuff that
is common between zynq and zynqmp, but the soft code CPU case
wouldn't make that ideal.

> It means drivers/soc/xilinx could be shared by all xilinx platforms anyway.
> We have been discussing that openrisc cases and for sure if someone
> wants to enable this driver there using misc location would be one
> option but I also think that using drivers/soc/xilinx location is not a
> bad option because it is very unlikely that anybody tries it.
>
> Arnd: misc or drivers/soc/xilinx?

drivers/soc/xilinx please, thanks for the clarification.

       Arnd