On Aug 6, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Timur Tabi, > > In message <4a7b1cfb.3030...@freescale.com> you wrote: >> Why do we define the same macros in config.mk and in the board >> header file? > > We == Freescale here? I agree - I never understood this either. > >> Isn't it redundant to have these entries in config.mk? We seem to >> be doing this more and more, but config.mk is always board-specific, >> just like MPC8572DS.h. > > Yes, this is redundant, and IMHO bogus. I always thought it was a > local pastime at Freescale...
I think its a copy/paste thing that's just propagated w/o anyone asking why. We probably based the first 85xx port on a 440 seeing as the 440's seem to do the following: board/amcc/ebony/config.mk:PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_440=1 any reason the 440's platforms do this? - k _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
