[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Move and rename common headers from under board/davinci

[Sughosh Ganu]

hi Wolfgang,

On Fri Oct 22, 2010 at 09:56:01AM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Sughosh Ganu,
> 
> In message <20101022072634.GA8597 at Hardy> you wrote:
> >
> > > > This patch is needed for adding board support for the hawkboard which
> > > > uses nand_spl based boot mechanism.
> > > 
> > > Why would that be the case?
> > 
> >   The board file is symlinked under the nand_spl/board directory and
> >   we cannot do relative path based file inclusion.
> 
> Which points out where the actual problem comes from: relative path
> based file inclusion is a Bad Thing and should be avoided.

  So then can we remove the relative path based inclusion used by all
  files under board/davinci. We would need to add corresponding path
  entries to the board's config.mk.

> > > If these headers are indeed common to all davinci boards, they should
> > > probably be moved to arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/davinci/
> > 
> >   Ok. In that case, i guess i can keep them in the same place. Would
> >   rename them as davinci_misc.h and da8xx_common.h, and add the
> >   include path in my board's config.mk. Is this fine.
> 
> I don't understand what you man by "keep them in the same place".
> Where?

  I meant not moving the files to arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/davinci, and
  keep them in their current location under board/davinci.
  
-sughosh