[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 14:33:40 CEST 2011


Dear McClintock Matthew-B29882,

In message <BANLkTikCFptKvKK=PvABWgrVL4pvzcQBBw at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> > I see absolutely no sense in this, =A0We already have a way to specify
> > such arguments, as you write yourself in your commit message. =A0Your
> > new way is just more complicated, more typing effort, and as such just
> > useless overhead.
> 
> Did you not see the other patch in the same series that makes use of
> this feature? It's not about actually typing it out. Let me know if
> you need help finding patch 3/4.

It does not matter if you add it here and use it there.  We already
have a mechanhism to do that, so no new method is needed.  Please use
the existing code instead oif reinventing the wheel.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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