[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/5] ixp/npe: Move conditional compilation to Makefile

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Jan 22 12:32:33 CET 2009


Dear Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD,

In message <20090122110942.GA22829 at game.jcrosoft.org> you wrote:
>
> > I ask if it would not make more sense to remove all this code and drop
> > support for these nun-working boards, especially since nobody cares to
> > fix them.
> I agree but I've not the time to merge the new linux drivers in u-boot
> and actually it's the only way to have the network in u-boot

I didn't ask you to fix that.

I suggest we remove the code for these broken boards from the U-Boot
tree.

> I'll make an announce but as I already said before I'll not ack any new cpu or
> update of the NPE anyway. So if someone wish to add the IXP465, 435 or other
> we must use a new network driver no the current one

If someone fixes the problem later, we can easily re-add the code.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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