[U-Boot] [PATCH] kwboot: Boot Marvell Kirkwood SoCs over a serial link.

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Daniel Stodden,

In message <1335325799.8304.15.camel at ramone> you wrote:
>
> > Why not use something like:
> > 
> > BIN_FILES-$(CONFIG_KIRKWOOD) += kwboot$(SFX)
> 
> Huh?
> 
> I don't know u-boot's build system very well, but normally CONFIG items
> are employed to keep the target lean. Where the best you could ask from
> down-config'd host toolset build would be to not accidentally miss sth?
> This is all host code.
> 
> Is building that conditionally really best current practice? If so,
> yeah, we sure can change that.
> 
> But would appreciate a clarification.

It makes no sense to build this tool on systems that will have no use
for it - say, on Power architecture.  It only costs build time.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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