[U-Boot-Users] Some questions about what is plannedtoimproveU-Boot configuration...

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <4677CCB5.5050204 at smiths-aerospace.com> you wrote:
>
> My 0.01 euro (lousy exchange rate)...

Depends on where you live. For me it's OK ;-)

> Doing the config in the makefile via differently named targets is Really 
> Tricky[tm] in that it works quite well but makes me feel icky when I 
> think about it.  Parsing the target and echoing config parameters into a 
> config.mk config file via the rule is not a good way to do config IMHO.
> 
> I don't know what is done in the ARM area, but the 8xx, 82xx, and 83xx 
> boards that use this method could just as well use a kconfig style 
> configuration system.  All they are doing is selecting boot high/low, 
> memory configurations, processor speeds, board flavors, LCD support, 
> etc.  All those sound _exactly_ like kconfig stuff to me.

Agreed. I just wanted to point out that such things *are* being done,
and that it's not sufficient fo grep for some config options from the
includ/config/* files and feed these through some scripts. A *lot* of
manual postprocessing will be needed.

> Downsides?  How do you do the equivalent of "MAKEALL"?  We will need a 
> default config file for each target that is currently supported and 

You need that in any case.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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