[U-Boot-Users] Testing todays u-boot-fdt

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <4629358C.5050401 at cideas.com> you wrote:
>
> ...and there's the irony.  With it as a library included by BOARDLIBS in 
> the board config file, it is only compiled if it is called for in the 
> board's config.mk.

Yes, I am aware of this.

> It seems like it would be overall a win to have more of a real library 
> approach.  I have not gone down that path hardly at all, however, and it 
> is likely to have briers that I'm not aware of.  It also would take 
> time.  :-/

But "more of a real library approach" still means that  you  *always*
build  the  library,  but  some  mechanism  selects  which  files get
compiled and archived in the libs.

> Having said that, I don't have any real issue in applying wg's patch. 
> It isn't a big deal and will match the rest of u-boot methodology.  At 
> the end of the day, it is a lot easier than converting everything to 
> true libraries. ;-]

Right :-(

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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