[U-Boot] [PATCH 02/11] Do not apply: tools: add genkconfig

[Simon Glass]

Hi Masahiro,

On 23 April 2014 23:04, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com> wrote:
>  ========================================
>  Do not apply this patch to the main line
>  ========================================
>
>  What is this tool?
>  ------------------
>
> This tool converts boards.cfg to defconfig and Kconfig files.
>
> It automatically generates
>  - arch/${ARCH}/Kconfig
>  - board/Kconfig
>  - board/${VENDOR}/${BOARD}/Kconfig
>  - board/${BOARD}/Kconfig
>  - configs/*_defconfig
>
>  How to use?
>  -----------
>
> Open tools/print_allconfigs with an editor.
>
> Adjust cross compilers part for your environment.
>
>   # Specify your favoriate cross tools
>   CROSS_COMPILE_ARC=arc-linux-
>   CROSS_COMPILE_AARCH64=aarch64-linux-gnu-
>   CROSS_COMPILE_ARM=arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-
>    [snip]
>   CROSS_COMPILE_X86=i386-linux-
>
> And then, run "tools/genkconfig".
>
>  Why is this patch here?
>  -----------------------
>
> The file boards.cfg is touched very frequently.
> All the time, new/old boards are being added/removed.
>
> The next commit was generated based on the u-boot/master at the time
> I posted it.
> It will become out-dated soon.
>
> You can update it with this tool.

Will this tool become useless once this series is applied?

Regards,
Simon

>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com>
> ---
>
>  tools/genkconfig       | 253 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/print_allconfigs |  77 +++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 330 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100755 tools/genkconfig
>  create mode 100755 tools/print_allconfigs