[U-Boot] Documenting the CONFIG_MACH_TYPE variable
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Thu May 5 00:14:07 CEST 2011
Dear Igor Grinberg,
In message <4DC0FFB0.5080502 at compulab.co.il> you wrote:
>
> While looking at how to document the CONFIG_MACH_TYPE variable,
> I caught myself wondering, why don't we provide an option to set
> this variable in board config file and set the bi_arch_number field in
> a more generic location (e.g. arch/arm/lib/board.c: board_init_f()),
> then it is right now (in each board's board_init() function)?
"Historic reasons", probably.
> Will such thing be accepted?
Why not.
> Are there any problems with it?
>
> Have anyone tried this in the past?
Not that I know of.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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What about WRITING it first and rationalizing it afterwords? :-)
- Larry Wall in <8162 at jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
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