[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] mkconfig: Make CONFIG_SYS_BOARD_NAME default to the configured target name

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Henrik Nordström,

In message <1353866129.28559.50.camel at home.hno.se> you wrote:
>
> > I don't see what the difference is between CONFIG_SYS_BOARD (which is
> > the board name) and CONFIG_SYS_BOARD_NAME ?
> 
> CONFIG_SYS_BOARD is the board config name, which may differ from the
> board name given to make.
> 
> CONFIG_SYS_BOARD_NAME is set to the name in boards.cfg.
> 
> To illustrate using existing boards in boards.cfg look at for example
> the spear boards.
> 
> spear300                     arm         arm926ejs   spear300            spear          spear       spear3xx_evb:spear300
> spear300_nand                arm         arm926ejs   spear300            spear          spear       spear3xx_evb:spear300,nand
> [...]
> spear320_usbtty_nand         arm         arm926ejs   spear320            spear          spear       spear3xx_evb:spear320,usbtty,nand
> 
> 
> CONFIG_SYS_BOARD is spear3xx_evb on all 16 of these as they are the same "board" with only different CONFIG_.. parameters set via boards.cfg.
> 
> CONFIG_SYS_BOARD_NAME is the first column, unique on each.

I think you should avoid doing that.  It's ugly, and I see no real
advantages for it.

> > In any case, documentation for CONFIG_SYS_BOARD_NAME is missing.
> 
> This should go in README?

Yes.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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