Re: Merge majors.{arm32,aarch64} into single file (Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/evbarm/conf)

[Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost>]

On 19/08/2018 01:02, Rin Okuyama wrote:
> Oops, I forgot to CC to source-changes-d@.
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> On 2018/08/19 3:48, matthew green wrote:
> > can't we make arm and arm64 use the identical majors file?
> >
> > please!
>
> Diff between majors.arm32 and aarch64 reads
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> - ctcom was added by matt@ back in 2014, but no one uses it now
> - vchiq is a device of RPI, not still supported in aarch64 mode
> - zynquart is a device of Xilinx Zynq boards, whose 64bit models are
>    not currently supported
>
> It seems harmless to add these devices in majors.aarch64. Therefore,
> I propose:
>
> (1) rename majors.arm32 to majors.arm
> (2) remove majors.aarch64
> (3) make everyone include majors.arm
>
> I will commit if there's no objection.
>
> rin

I support the goal of a single majors file for both arm and aarch64, but 
when I tried to do this I found problems in MAKEDEV generation or 
similar.  I forget the exact details.

Nick