[U-Boot] RFC: Testing U-Boot Part 1

[Graeme Russ]

Hi Simon, Mike

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Thursday, August 25, 2011 08:58:00 Simon Glass wrote:
>> Proposal
>> ========
>
> for people who might be familiar with the barebox boot loader, Simon is
> basically proposing the same thing as barebox's "sandbox" target.
>
> to avoid confusion/fragmentation in this area, and since the name is a large
> part bike shedding, i propose we adopt the same name that barebox has.  that
> way we can sanely use the same term when comparing/contrasting.
>

Yes, I agree that naming the target 'sandbox' is a good idea

>
>> Comments
>> ========
>> At this early stage I am looking for comments on the concept - how
>> useful it is and how best to implement it.
>
> i certainly think it's a worthwhile exercise, especially if it gets us to the
> point where we can do `make check` and have confidence in our common code
> changes not being completely f-ed up.

Indead - And I think it will serve as further impetus to arch-neutralise
code outside /arch/

Regards,

Graeme