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

[Ayush Singh]

On 9/11/24 20:30, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> 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


Well, it can go under drivers for mikrobus, but there will be other 
addon board connectors which will not need any kind of driver. In fact, 
the original patch series this is based on [0] did not have any driver 
for the connector.


As for bus, see my reply to the other patch in the series [1]. 
Basically, while the name of the standard itself is "mikroBUS", it is 
not really a "bus" in Linux sense.


[0]: 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20240702164403.29067-1-afd@xxxxxx/

[1]: 
https://lore.kernel.org/all/ecd1fff8-9c15-496a-982f-36e6c58e906a@xxxxxxxxx/