[U-Boot] ARM: Update mach-types

Troy Kisky troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com
Wed Feb 29 21:33:24 CET 2012


On 2/28/2012 5:01 PM, stefano babic wrote:
> Am 28/02/2012 04:51, schrieb Marek Vasut:
>>> On 2/27/2012 3:56 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>>> |ARM: Update mach-types
>>>>> |
>>>>> |This commit updates the mach-types based on the latest in Linus's
>>>>> head |
>>>>> |Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut<marek.vasut at gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Marek,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can I get you to do this again? I'd the symbol for
>>>>> MACH_MX6Q_SABRELITE.
>>>> No, can you please submit the mach-types update yourself? Thank you!
>>>>
>>> I don't think I'm trusted to do that. I think that some machines may
>>> have been removed
>>> from Linux that u-boot may want to keep.
>> So these machines have to define their mach id in their config (and you need to fix them after replacing mach-types).
>>
>> Since I only want to use the
>>> value in 1 place,
>>> is it acceptable to just use the hex value instead?
>> No, either update the mach types (preffered) or ... Update the mach types ;)
> It was discussed and accepted that the boards can set CONFIG_MACH_TYPE
> directly into the configuration file. In this way, we continue to
> support in U-Boot boards independently if they are pushed to Linux
> mainline or not.
>
> On the other side, everybody can send the current mach-types from the
> Linux kernel to Albert (ARM Maintainer) - if a board is already in
> kernel mainline is the preferred way.
>
> Best regards,
> Stefano Babic
>
Thanks for the information. I'll send to Albert soon.

Troy



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