[U-Boot] [ANNOUNCE] ARM config scheme for board and machine update

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

On 21:06 Sat 13 Jun     , Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD,
> 
> In message <20090613150259.GH25406 at game.jcrosoft.org> you wrote:
> > 
> > 	Currently boards and arch define there own CONFIG_IXP or CONFIG_VCMA9
> > 	where they are also have a define in the mach-types.h
> > 
> > 	so now to simplify linux code share and reduce duplicate define
> > 	we switch to the linux style (please check the mach-types.h for it)
> > 
> > 	CONFIG_ARCH_xxx for arch
> > 	and
> > 	CONFIG_MACH_xxx for machine
> > 
> > 	for board and arch that are send precedently to this announce
> > 	will not have to switch to be ack but it will nice to do it.
> > 	We will switch the current one step by step
> > 
> > 	For other arch and board it will be mandotory
> > 
> > 	The Kconfig support will be send with in days and it will be also
> > 	mandatory to have switch to it before be include in it's Kconfig files
> 
> How is this supposed to work with non-ARM architectures?
> 
> I don't want to see ARM-only code in U-Boot. If we change  the  board
> configuration  etc.,  then  please in a way that works for all boards
> and architectures.
I want to have this sync to simplify it.
This can be extended to the all boards if you want.
For arm all the board and arch config is defined in the mach-types.h so I use
it as reference but for other arch the idea can be the same and based if you
prefer in the Kconfig linux files

Best Regards,
J.