[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 0/15] Kconfig for U-Boot

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hi Simon,


On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:08:53 +0100
Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:

> Hi Masahiro,
> 
> On 30 July 2014 09:27, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com> wrote:
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 04:43:35 +0100
> > Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Also some thoughts for the future:
> >>
> >> 1. The 'menuconfig' option makes it obvious that we are dealing with
> >> U-Boot / SPL / TPL. Can we do the same for 'xconfig'?
> >
> >
> > Sorry, I could not understand what you mean.
> >
> > In my rough understanding, 'menuconfig' and 'xconfig' are equivalent
> > except the appearance of GUI.
> >
> > What is expactly supported in 'menuconfig' and missing in 'xconfig'?
> 
> At the top with menuconfig it shows U-Boot, or SPL, or TPL so it is
> clear which one you are configuring. With xconfig I don't see the same
> thing. So when you are configuring SPL it is not clear that you are
> not in fact configuring the main  U-Boot.


Now I understood your question. Thanks.

As far as I tested, 'menuconfig' and 'nconfig' show which one
is being configured.

But I am afraid 'xconfig' and 'gconfig' don't.

Anyway, if we type 'make spl/xconfig', it means we are configuring for SPL.
It is clear enough, isn't it?



Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada