[U-Boot] Quick guide to Kconfig

[Yan, Miao]

Hi,

> > Do we have a minimal python version requirement ? Because I can no
> > longer build U-Boot on our build server which still uses python-2.4.x.
> > There are some 2.6+ only syntax in genboardscfg.py and multiconfig.py.
> 
> 
> I have no idea about the python version requirement in U-Boot.
> 
> It seams not so difficult to rewrite them without "with ... as" and "except ...
> as"
> and here are the patches:
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/376215/
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/376214/
> 
> Sorry, tools/genboardscfg.py is not working on Python 2.4 I have to make
> more effort for that, but I am not sure it is worthwhile.
> 
> Is is difficult to install newer Python on your machine?

I can work-around it by installing a newer Python in my home directory and
fixing $PATH.  I am OK if you think it not necessary to support older 
versions, I just want to be sure about that.

Thanks,
Miao



> 
> 
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada