> Am Sonntag 13 November 2011, 17:18:27 schrieb Marek Vasut: > > > Am Sonntag 13 November 2011, 01:32:03 schrieb Marek Vasut: > > > > > - every supported board in u-boot has to be supported in mainline > > > > > linux, > > > > > > > > > > too. because that is the basic requirement for an entry to stay > > > > > in this file. > > > > > > > > No, you can define CONFIG_MACH_TYPE MACH_TYPE_SOMETHING and > > > > MACH_TYPE_SOMETHING nnn in your config file. > > > > > > well, according to this argumentation, there would be no need for > > > mach-types.h at all. because if you rely on a mach-types.h definition > > > and it is removed from linux, you have to switch to define it yourself > > > anyway. > > > > Not really, if you don't use it to boot linux, you don't need the mach > > id. Or if you use dtree. > > so why should i use the mach-type.h anyway? instead i could just define the > id in the config. > > either there is a database, where the ids come from (and this database must > not follow the linux policies) or there is no database and every board > defines the numerical id (of couse they must match the linux mach ids.) > > what about boards which switch from mach-ids to DT in linux? Just don't > support mach-ids for these anymore and not being able to boot older > kernels?
Why would the machine ID be removed from mach-types.h is the machine switched to DT ? _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
