[U-Boot] [PATCH RFC] imx: add multi-architecture README

Eric Nelson eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com
Sat Nov 9 23:24:41 CET 2013


Thanks Wolfgang,

On 11/09/2013 02:16 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Eric Nelson,
>
> In message <527E99CB.7030804 at boundarydevices.com> you wrote:
>>
>> As I mentioned yesterday, I'd like to get some agreement about some
>> of the fundamentals of how we'll do multi-arch, since they have an
>> impact on some patches in flight, notably
>
> We should be really precise when using terms like "architecture".
> Multi-arch would actually mean that one U-Boot image was capable of
> running on - say - both ARM and MIPS processors.
>
> We are not in a shape to even be able to run on all boards of a single
> processor family within the same architecture.  Even if others use
> Big Words for their marketing documents, we should stick to plain
> technical facts and use appropriate names.
>

Points taken.



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