[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] mvebu/cortexa9: use Linksys codename as PROFILE

[Paul Spooren]

On Wed Apr 1, 2020 at 5:02 AM PST,  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > > How about patching device's DTSes and include 'manufacturer,model'
> > there instead (in front of the existing ones)? Scripts in 'basic-files' would also
> > need to be fixed but this way we save this (in my opinion) misuse of
> > 'DEVICE_ALT*'.
> > 
> > Yes, that would be the easiest solution, not introducing cryptic image file
> > names.
> > 
> > >
> > > I'm also not sure how many devices are affected here, only Linksys?
> > >
> > 
> > Only Linksys and rather unpopular MACCHIATObin (I don't mention Marvell's
> > dev boards as these are scarce).
> > Don't know about other targets.
>
> I'd also prefer that for consistency, at least for the Linksys ones.

I like that path as well, if nobodies is displeased I'd create another
patch.
>
> However, since those are partially in the kernel, we should at least try
> there as well.

Can you please elaborate on this? Do you mean DTS files which use the
code name? And would it decrease the likelihood to get the DTS files to
upstream if we add another name to `compatible`?

>
> Best
>
> Adrian
>
> > 
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> > 
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