[U-Boot] [RFC] CONFIG naming convetion

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Jul 20 22:33:05 CEST 2009


Dear Robin Getz,

In message <200907192355.41601.rgetz at blackfin.uclinux.org> you wrote:
>
> People responsible for the archicture/CPU core may set things up, and
> not want anyone to change things - on any SoC or Board. 
> 
> People responsible for SoC developments should be able to take what
> the arch provider delivers, write a few device drivers, make some
> specific choices that anyone who implements that SoC is going to have
> to live with.
> 
> People responsible for Board porting, should be able to take what
> the SoC provider delivers, customise things for their platform,
> and move on.
> 
> Then there are end users - which must live with the choices that all three
> have made, until they get their own hardware back, or in the case where
> the hardware is a module - just change some non-hardware related options.
> 
> So maybe it is core, chip, PCB, and user.
> 
> In some cases - all 4 categories are the same person - in many cases they
> are not.

You seem to live on a different planet than me. 

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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