On Wednesday 26 March 2008, Haavard Skinnemoen wrote: > > Using Markus's idea, why not use a cpu (platform) specific *and* a board > > specific init function, both with an empty weak alias in the common eth.c > > code: > > > > cpu_eth_init(bis); > > board_eth_init(bis); > > Why? > > The whole point about this exercise is to get rid of board-specific > knowledge in the common code. What is the purpose of cpu_eth_init()?
Because on PPC4xx for example, all boards are using exactly the same eth_init code (for the SoC interfaces). And I don't like adding this code to more than 80 boards. Best regards, Stefan ===================================================================== DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-0 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
