Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: aspeed: Add Facebook Wedge100 BMC

[Joel Stanley]

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 at 05:20, Tao Ren <taoren@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 8/1/19, 9:21 PM, "Joel Stanley" <joel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >  On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 at 04:10, Tao Ren <taoren@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Add initial version of device tree for Facebook Wedge100 AST2400 BMC
> >> platform.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Tao Ren <taoren@xxxxxx>
> >> Reviewed-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  Changes in v2:
> >>  - remove "debug" from bootargs.
> >
> > Thanks. I applied wedge40 and then this one fails to apply due to
> > conflicts in the Makefile. Next time you have two patches, send them
> > as a series they apply one atop the other.
>
> I thought about asking you if I should send them as a series although they are logically independent patches..
> Sorry about that and I will do so for future patches.
>
> >  The naming of these two files suggests they come from a family. I
> >  noticed there's very minor differences, a pca9548 switch and the use
> >  of a watchdog.
> >
> >  Are these device trees complete? If yes, do you think it's worthwhile
> >  to have a common wedge description in eg.
> >  aspeed-bmc-facebook-wedge.dtsi, and put the unique description in
> >  respective dts board files?
> >
> >  The upside of this is reduced duplication.
> >
> >  If you have a reason not to, then that is okay and we can leave it as
> >  you submitted them.
>
> Thank you for the suggestion. I'm also considering moving common stuff into "dtsi" file, but let me take care of it in a separate patch, mainly because:
>   1) I have one more BMC platform (galaxy100) which is also similar to wedge.
>       I haven't started the platform, but once I have galaxy100 device tree ready, it would be easier for me to extract common part.
>   2) the device tree is not complete yet.
>       For example, all the i2c devices are still created from userspace.
>       I'm trying to move the logic from userspace to device tree but I haven't decided what to do with those cpld/fpga devices.

Okay, thanks.

I've applied both of these to the aspeed tree for 5.4.

Cheers,

Joel