[U-Boot] [PATCH 18/42] Blackfin: make sure autoconf.mk is generated early enough

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <200902111654.20726.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> > And you fail to explain why BF needs this, while all other
> > architectures don't.
>
> i explained it already when Ben asked.  the processor variant is selected in 
> the board config and the board config (and shared settings) can change based 
> on that selection.  and the top level build flags use that processor 

If you define the processor variant right at  the  beginning  of  the
board  config  file,  then  why  would  that  not  be  visible in the
remainder of the board config so you'd have to re-run this?

> selection.  first one is to make sure the cpu settings make it from the board 
> config into the environment while the second is to make sure the board config 
> has been fully processed by the proper cpu selection.

I still don;t get why BF has such a problem while none of the N other
arches has it?

> also, other people dont seem to have a problem sprinkling duplication over the 
> place until things work.  i do.

What exactly are you referring to here?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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