[U-Boot] [PATCH 08/30] powerpc/km82xx: rename mgcoge2ne to mgcoge3ne board support

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon May 2 10:42:47 CEST 2011


Dear Holger Brunck,

In message <4DBE6962.1010609 at keymile.com> you wrote:
>
> the SDRAM configuration is different to mgcoge. And the CFI flash on mgcoge has
> a dual die in a single chip and therefore e.g.CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS is
> different to mgcoge3ne.

OK, but these can trivially be handled within one set of board files.

> Additionaly some functional differences are part of the board support, this is
> added later on. E.g. mgcoge3ne is part of mgcoge3 which has two processors
> deployed and there are some connections between the processors via GPIOs which
> are not present on mgcoge. So in my opinion an additional board suport is
> reasonable in this case.

Well, it's your board and you have to maintain it in the long run, but
I'm not convinced that this is a wise decision.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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