[U-Boot] [PATCH] MX: serial_mxc: cleanup removing nasty #ifdef
Jason Hui
jason.hui at linaro.org
Thu Nov 24 07:23:23 CET 2011
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Jason Hui,
>
> In message <CAFQ4atSGoTA9YXHxiprdRrWw4E5VFfssOoYOS=N2Yj=q9j_+TQ at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>>
>> Really? As I understand:
>>
>> CONFIG_OPTION is for an option selectable by user, so if we:
>> #define CONFIG_OPTION
>>
>> means we select this feature or something like that.
>>
>> CONFIG_SYS_XXXX: means the option is depend on the HW, typically,
>> it will have one value at the end. For example:
>>
>> #define CONFIG_SYS_XXX yyy
>>
>> Since there is a lot of inconsistency in the u-boot. I don't know what is
>> definitely correct way.
>
> Your understanding is not correct, that's all.
OK, thanks for pointing this out.
>
> There user configurable settings that just select features (like
> adding support for optional features, say things like
> CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV, CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE, CONFIG_CMD_IMI etc.), but there
> are also such options that take values, like for example
> CONFIG_BAUDRATE, CONFIG_BOOTDELAY or CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND.
>
> The same applies for the CONFIG_SYS_ variables - there are some that
> don't take values, and some do.
Then what's the rule that we must need use CONFIG_SYS_ other than
CONFIG_option?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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