Re: [PATCH 6/8] addon_boards: Add addon_boards plumbing

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed Sep 11 2024 - 11:00:12 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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