[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 2/2] boards.cfg: Delete the equivalent entries

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hello Wolfgang, Albert,

> Dear Masahiro Yamada,
> 
> In message <20140213143212.97DA.AA925319 at jp.panasonic.com> you wrote:
> > 
> > In the case of this patch,
> > (I am not familiar with "ep8248" board, but I guess)
> > ep8248 and ep8248E are different, but probably similar board.
> > 
> > So we can use the common entry "ep8248" for them.
> > And "ep8248" means  "ep8248 boards family",
> > not "exactly ep8248 board".
> 
> The make target name (and as such the entry in boards.cfg) selects a
> specific board _configuration_, not a board family or such.  We need a
> convenient way for the user to selct any of the supported
> configurations, and we also need a convenient way to actually list all
> supported configurations (for example, to be able to build them all in
> the autobuilder).
> 
> As such, combining different configurations under a common name is not
> possible.  We do need separate entries for each and every
> configuration (unless someone changes the implementation such that we
> have another way fulfill the aforementioned requirements).

The motivation for this patch is that I want to consolidate equivalent
entries before Kconfig.
(I do not want to generate and maintain the same copies,
configs/ep8248_defconfig and configs/ep8248E_defconfig.
Or create a symbolic link from one to the other?)

If you do not like this patch, you can dismiss it for now.
But can I put this discussion to the table again
along with Kconfig series?

Anyway, Kconfig patches are not posted yet
(please give me a little more time)
so I think it is too early for our final decision.



Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada