Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] fpga: dfl: reorganize to subdir layout

From: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] fpga: dfl: reorganize to subdir layout
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:48:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d64b0fb8-5f83-2995-7ee9-b4ed2932ef60@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DM6PR11MB381964374223D0D2958AFA6985309@DM6PR11MB3819.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>

On 6/15/21 1:08 AM, Wu, Hao wrote:
>> Subject: [PATCH v4 1/4] fpga: dfl: reorganize to subdir layout
>>
>> From: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
>>
>> Follow drivers/net/ethernet/ which has control configs
>> NET_VENDOR_BLA that map to drivers/net/ethernet/bla
>> Since fpgas do not have many vendors, drop the 'VENDOR' and use
>> FPGA_BLA.
> Hi Tom,
>
> Thanks for this patch. : )
>
> DFL is not a vendor, but something can be shared/reused. It's possible that
> other vendors reuse the same concepts and the drivers of DFL. If vendor
> drivers need to be moved inside sub folders, then maybe it's better to
> leave DFL in the parent folder?

xrt is also not a vendor, more a subdevice framework like dfl.

I am not sure what you mean by other dfl vendors can you give an example ?

>> There are several new subdirs
>> altera/
>> dfl/
>> lattice/
>> xilinx/
>>
>> Each subdir has a Kconfig that has a new/reused
>>
>> if FPGA_BLA
>>    ... existing configs ...
>> endif FPGA_BLA
>>
>> Which is sourced into the main fpga/Kconfig
>>
>> Each subdir has a Makefile whose transversal is controlled in the
>> fpga/Makefile by
>>
>> obj-$(CONFIG_FPGA_BLA) += bla/
>>
>> This is the dfl/ subdir part.
>>
>> Create a dfl/ subdir
>> Move dfl-* files to it.
>> Add a Kconfig and Makefile
>>
>> Because FPGA_DFL is now used in dfl/Kconfig in a if/endif
>> block, all the other configs in dfl/Kconfig implicitly depend
>> on FPGA_DFL.  So the explicit dependence can be removed.  Also
>> since FPGA_DFL depends on HAS_IOMEM, it can be removed from the
>> other configs.
> Hm.. sounds like this change (remove HAS_IOMEM) is better to be split
> into another patch. How do you think?

I'll drop this from the patchset so this so patchset does the one thing 
of moving stuff around and do the HAS_IOMEM change after stuff settles.

Tom

>
> Thanks
> Hao
>

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