[U-Boot] PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS ?

[Kumar Gala]

On Aug 6, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> Dear Timur Tabi,
>
> In message <4A7B1CFB.3030905 at 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