[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3] MX28: Add u-boot.mx28.sd and u-boot.mx28.nand make targets

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Wed May 23 14:22:17 CEST 2012


Dear Wolfgang Denk,

> Dear Marek Vasut,
> 
> In message <201205231334.53948.marex at denx.de> you wrote:
> > > > Maybe add some switch statement based on CONFIG_MX28 or another
> > > > within the target?
> > > 
> > > I can't parse this sentence - and I don't understand why you think
> > > any specific name would be needed or useful.
> > 
> > Well consider some completely different board would want to use the same
> > target name -- u-boot.sd -- for the resulting image. How would that be
> > handled?
> 
> I fail to understand which problem you see.
> 
> All board use the same target name "u-boot.bin" - and everything is
> fine.
> 
> What would be wrong if all boards would use the same "u-boot.bin.sdcard"
> target name?

That such file (u-boot.bin.sdcard) would be generated by a different tool for 
each different board, unlike u-boot.bin . Maybe I'm just flat missing something 
here.

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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