Re: [PATCH v5 00/39] ep93xx device tree conversion

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Nov 22 2023 - 05:27:26 EST


On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 11:59:38AM +0300, Nikita Shubin via B4 Relay wrote:
> This series aims to convert ep93xx from platform to full device tree support.
>
> The main goal is to receive ACK's to take it via Arnd's arm-soc branch.
>
> Bit thanks to Krzysztof Kozlowski for his zero-day review.
>
> Krzysztof, Sergey, i've changed some files that you have already provided tag:
> - dt-bindings: spi: Add Cirrus EP93xx
> - ata: pata_ep93xx: add device tree support
>
> Added DMA and renamed clock header file.
>
> Sergey, Damien, i've changed some files that you have already provided tag:
> - ata: pata_ep93xx: add device tree support
>
> Added OF DMA setup and dropped platform file.
>
> Mark, i've changed some files that you have already provided tag:
> - spi: ep93xx: add DT support for Cirrus EP93xx
>
> Added OF DMA setup and dropped platform file.
>
> Major updates:
>
> - reboot, pinctrl, clk are now auxiliary and instantiated from SoC driver as
> Stephen Boyd suggested
> - i moved all clock code to clk-ep93xx.c, as it no longer has a separate dt node,
> so XTALI is externalk for this driver and passed as index 0, and pll1, pll2 are
> internal and passed via pointer for parent_data
> - reboot bindings dropped
> - pinctrl and clk bindings moved to syscon YAML
> - xlate added for DMA, so now all DMA users use it via device tree, otherwise probe
> order messed up and we might end up probing before DMA with no possibility to defer probing
> - DMA port bindings dropped, they are described in YAML file
> - DMA platform code dropped
> - i2s, spi, pata now use OF DMA
> - YAML and dtsi/dts changed to reflect auxiliary conversion and DMA changes

> Patches should be now formated with '--patience'

It seems we are a step behind on Torvalds' mind :-)
A few weeks ago he suggested to use --histogram is the best option.
But hey, --patience probably is good enough for this version, so
thank you for using it!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko