Thread (52 messages) 52 messages, 8 authors, 2018-10-15

[PATCH v2 10/29] drm/sun4i: Rename DE2 registers related macros

From: Jernej Škrabec <hidden>
Date: 2018-10-08 14:28:48
Also in: dri-devel, linux-clk, linux-devicetree, lkml

Dne ponedeljek, 08. oktober 2018 ob 12:18:28 CEST je Maxime Ripard napisal(a):
Hi,

On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 11:38:46AM +0200, Jernej Skrabec wrote:
quoted
In preparation to introduce DE3 support, change prefix from "SUN8I_" to
"DE2_". Current prefix suggest that it's valid only for one family,
whereas in reality, DE2 unit is used also on sun50i family.
Additionally, it will be easier to distinguish DE3 specific macros by
using "DE3_" prefix.

No functional change in this commit.
I'm not too sure about this one. There's basically two ways to look at
this: you described the first one, and the second one would be to
treat it as we do for the compatibles: the IP was introduced on one
SoC family, and then got used on some other ones.

Trying to always match the one you have however have a quite big
maintainance cost, as can be shown by your patch: you always have to
adapt comments, function names, defines, etc. This creates a lot of
useless churns (ie, non-functional changes) in the drivers, that need
to be written in the first place, and then reviewed.

It's just not worth it.
Well, using family neutral way would mean that there is no need anymore for 
adaptation in the future, but as you wish.

What prefix should I use for DE3 specific registers?

Best regards,
Jernej
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