[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 2/4] build/mkconfig: Add EXTRA_OPTS argument to make to modify build

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sat Jun 4 09:56:38 CEST 2011


Dear Matthew McClintock,

In message <1307131671-22745-1-git-send-email-msm at freescale.com> you wrote:
> Allow users to pass in extra defines via make so they can
> modify the build. Example
> 
> make P1022DS EXTRA_OPTS=NAND
> 
> is equivalent to
> 
> make P1022DS_NAND

I see absolutely no sense in this,  We already have a way to specify
such arguments, as you write yourself in your commit message.  Your
new way is just more complicated, more typing effort, and as such just
useless overhead.

NAK.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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