[U-Boot] [PATCH] add dm9000 eeprom read/write command

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Tue Aug 23 15:42:42 CEST 2011


On Tuesday, August 23, 2011 01:15:25 Eric Jarrige wrote:
> On 22 août 2011, at 23:55, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Monday, August 22, 2011 17:37:42 Eric Jarrige wrote:
> >> +#if (!defined(CONFIG_DM9000_NO_SROM) && defined(CONFIG_DRIVER_DM9000))
> > 
> > why is this necessary ?
> 
> the methods dm9000_read_srom_word()/dm9000_write_srom_word() need these
> conditions to be compiled in dm9000x.c Therefore this avoid dead code
> and/or compilation failure if these conditions are not met.

my point is that it is user error to select CONFIG_CMD_DM9000EE but not select 
the DM9000 settings.  in your case, the user silently gets a build that makes 
no sense.  in my case, they're forced to fix things.
-mike
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