On 04/08/2010 08:43 AM, Rabin Vincent wrote:
> Add Cortex A9 support by copying the code for Cortex A8.  The only
> change is a removal of some OMAP3 specific code.
Thanks :), I was hoping to help in the near future by adding OMAP4 code 
in cortex a9.. ;)

>
> Acked-by: Michael Brandt<michael.bra...@stericsson.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent<rabin.vinc...@stericsson.com>
> ---
>   cpu/{arm_cortexa8 =>  arm_cortexa9}/Makefile   |    0
>   cpu/{arm_cortexa8 =>  arm_cortexa9}/config.mk  |    0
>   cpu/{arm_cortexa8 =>  arm_cortexa9}/cpu.c      |    0
>   cpu/{arm_cortexa8 =>  arm_cortexa9}/start.S    |   26 
> +------------------------
>   cpu/{arm_cortexa8 =>  arm_cortexa9}/u-boot.lds |    2 +-
>   5 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>   copy cpu/{arm_cortexa8 =>  arm_cortexa9}/Makefile (100%)
>   copy cpu/{arm_cortexa8 =>  arm_cortexa9}/config.mk (100%)
>   copy cpu/{arm_cortexa8 =>  arm_cortexa9}/cpu.c (100%)
>   copy cpu/{arm_cortexa8 =>  arm_cortexa9}/start.S (91%)
>   copy cpu/{arm_cortexa8 =>  arm_cortexa9}/u-boot.lds (97%)

looking at the % of reuse.. for a9, cant we avoid a copy? since a9 and 
a8 are both v7 instruction set anyways,

how about cpu/arm_cortexa8,a9 etc replaced by cpu/armv7 and have cortex 
and soc specific code within it?

option a:
cpu/armv7/
        common code.[cS..]
        /cortex_a8/
        /cortex_a9/
        soc specific code:
        option 1:
        cpu/armv7/cortex_a[89]/soc
        or option 2:
        cpu/armv7/soc
        
option b:
cpu/armv7_common/
cpu/cortex_a8/
cpu/cortex_a9/

(socs thier usual place cpu/cortex_a[89]/socx
option c:
cpu/armv7
cpu/armv7/soc1
cpu/armv7/soc2
etc..
v7 has both a8 and a9 codebases..

Regards,
Nishanth Menon
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