Re: [PATCH mvebu + mvebu/dt64 4/4] arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: move firmware node to generic dtsi file
From: Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-03-15 10:15:41
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On Friday 12 March 2021 16:53:32 Andrew Lunn wrote:
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So theoretically the turris-mox-rwtm driver can be renamed into something else and we can add a different compatible in order not to sound so turris-mox specific.That would be a good idea. And if possible, try to push the hardware random number code upstream in the firmware repos, so everybody gets it by default, not just those using your build. Who is responsible for upstream? Marvell? Andrew
Hello Andrew! I do not think that renaming driver is the best option. For future it would complicate backporting patches to stable kernel and also it would make usage of 'gitk' harder as this tool cannot automatically track file renames. I saw that kernel drivers lot of times got support for a new HW but driver name was not changed (maybe for backward compatibility, maybe to simplify things). Andrew, now when you got a full picture of this problem, would you be willing to accept these patches? Or do you require some changes? _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel