[U-Boot] SPL framework re-design

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Jun 27 11:27:31 CEST 2011


Dear Ilya,

In message <loom.20110627T010402-587 at post.gmane.org> you wrote:
> 
> I wonder why do we need this whole spl thing in the first place (well,
> surely I know what they are used for but why do we need a separate entity
> for this)? Isn't it just the same U-Boot in, well, very special configuration
> (minimal set of drivers, no shell, etc)? Why do we need a whole shadow tree
> at spl/ instead of just providing the _configuration_?

Good point.  Eventually we can  just add additional build rules for
new object files (say, ".splo" instead of ".o") ?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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