[U-Boot] [PATCH] mx6qsabresd: Add basic support

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Tue Sep 11 17:07:11 CEST 2012


On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Eric Nelson
<eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com> wrote:
> On 09/10/2012 08:56 PM, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> We also need to add support for a board (our Nitrogen6x) which
> is a slight variation on Sabre Lite.
>
> We have been patching the board/freescale/mx6qsabrelite, and our
> needs can in general be handled without ifdefs, but it seems that
> this approach doesn't scale well.
>
> When other vendors produce boards which are also slight variations,
> where do we draw the line, and more importantly, how do we track
> and test the needs of each?
>
> Our thinking is that if it's a different board, it should have
> a different directory, and common code should be clearly separated.

It is not my call but I think I share your view; even it is a small
variation it is better to have it clear also because it is more
developer-friendly or developer needs to be careful all the time to
not mess with other boards settings.

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Otavio Salvador                             O.S. Systems
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