[U-Boot] [PATCH 01/11] mkconfig: export ARCH, CPU, SOC, BOARD, VENDOR to config.h

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD,

In message <20090225082333.GD26416 at game.jcrosoft.org> you wrote:
>
> > > -[ "$5" ] && [ "$5" != "NULL" ] && echo "VENDOR = $5" >> config.mk
> > > +[ "$5" ] && [ "$5" != "NULL" ] && {
> > > +	echo "VENDOR = $5" >> config.mk
> > > +	echo "#define CONFIG_VENDOR $5" >> config.h
> > > +}
> > 
> > Please do NOT do this.
> > 
> > The setting up CONFIG_ options is done in the board config file, and
> > NOT in the Makefile.
> > 
> > This patch will cause conflicts with MANY boards.
> > 
> > 
> > Maybe you would like to explain WHY you are trying to do that?
> whe need to known which CPU, BOARD and co is currently use to the generate the
> lds 
> as example to specify the start.o to use

But you do not generate the linker script from the C header file -
that makes no sense to me.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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