Hello Wolfgang, Albert, > Dear Masahiro Yamada, > > In message <[email protected]> you wrote: > > > > In the case of this patch, > > (I am not familiar with "ep8248" board, but I guess) > > ep8248 and ep8248E are different, but probably similar board. > > > > So we can use the common entry "ep8248" for them. > > And "ep8248" means "ep8248 boards family", > > not "exactly ep8248 board". > > The make target name (and as such the entry in boards.cfg) selects a > specific board _configuration_, not a board family or such. We need a > convenient way for the user to selct any of the supported > configurations, and we also need a convenient way to actually list all > supported configurations (for example, to be able to build them all in > the autobuilder). > > As such, combining different configurations under a common name is not > possible. We do need separate entries for each and every > configuration (unless someone changes the implementation such that we > have another way fulfill the aforementioned requirements).
The motivation for this patch is that I want to consolidate equivalent entries before Kconfig. (I do not want to generate and maintain the same copies, configs/ep8248_defconfig and configs/ep8248E_defconfig. Or create a symbolic link from one to the other?) If you do not like this patch, you can dismiss it for now. But can I put this discussion to the table again along with Kconfig series? Anyway, Kconfig patches are not posted yet (please give me a little more time) so I think it is too early for our final decision. Best Regards Masahiro Yamada _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
