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

Stefano Babic sbabic at denx.de
Tue Aug 23 16:21:07 CEST 2011


On 08/23/2011 03:42 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> 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.

Agree. This is also my point to move this code inside the driver itself,
where CONFIG_DRIVER_DM9000 is set (or it is not compiled).

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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