[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Mike Frysinger]

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 13:03, Stefano Babic wrote:
> On 11/11/2011 14:26, Loďc Minier wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011, Daniel Schwierzeck wrote:
>>> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_IMG) += $(obj)u-boot.img
>>> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX) += $(obj)u-boot.imx
>>> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_KWB) += $(obj)u-boot.kwb
>>>
>>> then you can define CONFIG_UBOOT_KWB or CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX in your
>>> board config if needed
>>
>>  That'd be a fine solution for me if others agree it's the right
>>  approach; ideally, we would even set CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX when
>>  CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is set (not sure where though).
>
> Sorry to bring a dead thread to new life...
>
> The issue is not yet solved and I am asking if we can do something for
> the incoming release 2012.04. I would prefer we do not add a new switch
> CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX into the configuration file, because it is possible to
> have the same u-boot image running on different storages, for example on
> NAND or NOR, and they have different offsets. This means different
> imximage (header), while u-boot itself (binary) remains the same. So
> this information should be not interpreted by the compiler.

i'm not sure i follow.  it's been a while since this thread came
through, but it seemed like you could handle this (defining the
various CONFIG_xxx stuff) in arch/soc asm/config.h files ?

> Rereading the thread a major point is that we must not change the main
> Makefile. What about if the changes suggested in the patch are put into
> arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk ?

the suggested ALL-$(CONFIG_xxx) syntax should be usable in the
arch/soc config.mk files
-mike