Re: [PATCH v2 25/30] arm: dts: mt7623: rename mt7623-evb.dts to arch/arm/boot/dts/mt7623n-rfb.dtsi

From: Rob Herring
Date: Fri Apr 28 2017 - 16:30:54 EST


On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 05:26:09PM +0800, sean.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Sean Wang <sean.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> There are 2 versions of the SoC. MT7623N is almost identical to MT7623A
> but has some additional multimedia features. The reference boards are
> available as NAND or MMC and might have a different ethernet setup. In
> order to reduce the duplication of devicetree code we add an intermediate
> dtsi file for these reference boards. Additionally Mediatek pointed out,
> that the EVB is yet another board and the board in question is infact the
> RFB. Take this into account while renaming the files.

You are breaking compatibility with existing DTs. Just document which
flavor you want "mediatek,mt7623" to refer to and add the new one. Or
just add 2 new strings but keep the old one.

>
> Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Wang <sean.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek.txt | 6 ++--
> arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/arm/boot/dts/mt7623-evb.dts | 33 ----------------------
> arch/arm/boot/dts/mt7623n-rfb-nand.dts | 21 ++++++++++++++
> arch/arm/boot/dts/mt7623n-rfb.dtsi | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
> arch/arm/mach-mediatek/mediatek.c | 4 +--
> arch/arm/mach-mediatek/platsmp.c | 2 +-
> 7 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/mt7623-evb.dts
> create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/mt7623n-rfb-nand.dts
> create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/mt7623n-rfb.dtsi
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek.txt
> index c860b24..7f7c804 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/mediatek.txt
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ compatible: Must contain one of
> "mediatek,mt6592"
> "mediatek,mt6755"
> "mediatek,mt6795"
> - "mediatek,mt7623"
> + "mediatek,mt7623n"
> "mediatek,mt8127"
> "mediatek,mt8135"
> "mediatek,mt8173"