[U-Boot] ARM mach-types.h (was: Re: [PATCH 1/5] add DOCKSTAR machine type)
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Wed Sep 8 11:08:19 CEST 2010
Dear Reinhard Meyer,
In message <4C874C02.9030801 at emk-elektronik.de> you wrote:
>
> > I'm open to suggestions.
>
> I'd allow manual adding of a #define MACH_TYPE_xxxx at the end of the list
> provided its value is higher than the last "official" entry. Once the official
> list reaches or goes beyond that value the manual line(s) would be removed.
> Not being a shell script guru, I think that could be easily done.
No. This will quicklly result in a maze of merge conflicts.
We will always only update the file as a whole. THe only option I'm
willing to discuss is where to get the file from.
> One catch remains, of course: I someone changed their entry at the database,
> compilation of u-boot for that board could break. I think that entries that
> have propagated to the mainline Linux kernel cannot be changed anymore.
Right. Which is exactly the reason for syncing against this version.
> I'd also think the u-boot mach-type.h could do well without all the function
> definitions. I have not grepped, however, if someone in u-boot uses them.
I don;t think we do. But as mentioned above, we don;t want to mess
with this file, we just update it as is.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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