Hi Stefan, >-----Original Message----- >From: Stefan Roese <s...@denx.de> >Sent: 2019年5月23日 13:09 >To: Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar.kushw...@nxp.com>; Peng Ma ><peng...@nxp.com>; Shengzhou Liu <shengzhou....@nxp.com>; Ruchika >Gupta <ruchika.gu...@nxp.com> >Cc: Yinbo Zhu <yinbo....@nxp.com>; s...@chromium.org; Jagdish Gediya ><jagdish.ged...@nxp.com>; York Sun <york....@nxp.com>; >bmeng...@gmail.com; m...@marvell.com; Andy Tang <andy.t...@nxp.com>; >u-boot@lists.denx.de >Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH 1/4] ata: fsl_ahci: Add sata DM support for Freescale >powerpc socs > >Caution: EXT Email > >On 23.05.19 06:58, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote: > ><snip> > >>>>>>>> drivers/ata/Kconfig | 10 + >>>>>>>> drivers/ata/Makefile | 1 + >>>>>>>> drivers/ata/fsl_ahci.c | 1030 >>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>>>>> drivers/ata/fsl_sata.h | 1 + >>>>>>>> 4 files changed, 1042 insertions(+) >>>>>>>> create mode 100644 drivers/ata/fsl_ahci.c >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Will this patch series replace the old fsl_sata.c driver? If yes, >>>>>>> could you remove this driver as well in this series? >>>>>> [Peng Ma] >>>>>> Hi Stefan, >>>>>> >>>>>> fsl_sata.c used to Non DM sata driver for some powerpc socs. >>>>>> Currently We only have one board that supports dts initialization. >>>>>> I will remove this old driver When all of our powerpc socs support DM. >>>>> >>>>> I see, thanks. I just wanted to know, if this new SATA driver is a >>>>> meant as a replacement for the old non-DM driver. >>>> [Peng Ma] >>>> Hi Stefan, >>>> >>>> I am so sorry to reply late, Other Non dts powerpc board need the >>>> old sata driver, so the new Sata driver does not replace the so far. >>> >>> Just curious: Which are the "other non dts powerpc boards"? Are there >>> still many? Is there a plan to move them to DT as well? Or should >>> they perhaps be dropped from mainline if not converted to DT? What's >>> stopping the conversion here? >>> >> >> There are too many powerpc platforms which are not migrated to DT. >> >> My suggestion will be to have sata driver supporting both. Once all >> PowerPC platform using this SATA driver migrated, it can be dropped. > >I'm fine with this. Please go ahead. > Ok, thanks for your review.
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