[U-Boot] [RFC PATCH 0/19] Create generic board init and move ARM and x86 to it

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Graeme Russ,

In message <4F019473.8000204 at gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> The problem is not one of how sparsely the test/fix cycles are spread over
> time, it is one of spreading the breakage over multiple patches - If you
> are replacing functionality then add the new functionality, add the hooks
> to use it and delete the old in a single patch. That way, if you change
> breaks something, the revert is trivial. If you multi-patch approach breaks
> something, the revert becomes more difficult.

True.  Especially as it's likely that different patches will break
different boards, so there will not even be a chance so revert.

> > Well I don't propose to create things which are not bisect-able. I
> 
> But you have - You create new functionality in one patch, add a number of
> patches, then finally use that new functionality in a later patch.

This is what I fear as well.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
Disc space - the final frontier!