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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] ARM: dts: Move .dts files to vendor sub-directories
To:     Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>, soc@kernel.org,
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From:   Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@socionext.com>
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Hi Rob,

On 2023/05/05 12:29, Rob Herring wrote:
> The arm dts directory has grown to 1553 boards which makes it a bit
> unwieldy to maintain and use. Past attempts stalled out due to plans to
> move .dts files out of the kernel tree. Doing that is no longer planned
> (any time soon at least), so let's go ahead and group .dts files by
> vendors. This move aligns arm with arm64 .dts file structure.
> 
> Doing this enables building subsets of dts files by vendor easily
> without changing kernel configs:
> 
> make allyesconfig
> make arch/arm/boot/dts/ti/
> 
> There's no change to dtbs_install as the flat structure is maintained on
> install.
> 
> The naming of vendor directories is roughly in this order of preference:
> - Matching original and current SoC vendor prefix/name (e.g. ti, qcom)
> - Current vendor prefix/name if still actively sold (SoCs which have
>    been aquired) (e.g. nxp/imx)
> - Existing platform name for older platforms not sold/maintained by any
>    company (e.g. gemini, nspire)
> 
> The whole move was scripted with the exception of MAINTAINERS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>

For socionext platform:

Acked-by: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@socionext.com>

Thank you,

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Best Regards
Kunihiko Hayashi