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

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Wed Jul 30 11:45:56 CEST 2014


Hi Masahiro,

On 30 July 2014 10:34, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com> wrote:
> 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?

I think it is OK. It is just a small suggestion.

Regards,
Simon


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