[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3] MAKEALL: fix boards_by_field function

[Albert ARIBAUD]

Hi Masahiro,

On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:37:42 +0900, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com> wrote:

> Commit 27af930e changed the boards.cfg format
> and it changed boards_by_field() function incorrectly.
> For tegra cpus it returned Board Name field,
> not Target field.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com>
> Cc: Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot at aribaud.net>
> ---
> 
> Commit 27af930e adjusted this part like follows:
> 
> 
>                     -v field="$1" \
>                     -v select="$2" \
>                     -F "$FS" \
>     -               '($1 !~ /^#/ && $field == select) { print $1 }' \
>     +               '($1 !~ /^#/ && $field == select) { print $7 }' \
>                     boards.cfg
>      }
>      boards_by_arch() { boards_by_field 2 "$@" ; }
>      boards_by_cpu()  { boards_by_field 3 "$@" "[: \t]+" ; }
>     -boards_by_soc()  { boards_by_field 6 "$@" ; }
>     +boards_by_soc()  { boards_by_field 4 "$@" ; }
> 
> 
> TAB is also treated as a field speparator, so
> we should have taken the 8th field for Tegra
> whereas the 7th field for the other cpus.
> 
> Fortunately, Board Name field and Target filed are the same
> for all Tegra LSIs.
> But we should not expect it.

Not sure I am following here, as the commit you mention does not
change how tabs are processed.

Besides, the system should *not* be sensitive to tabs. If it is, this
must be fixed and tabs removed.

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.