[U-Boot] SPL framework re-design

[Scott Wood]

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:27:31 +0200
Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:

> 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") ?

No need for new extensions -- we should be able to use the target
directory to influence rule selection.

-Scott