[U-Boot] [Patch v2 1/2] common/board_f: Preserve global data for mpc85xx and mpc86xx

[Scott Wood]

On Wed, 2014-04-30 at 17:01 -0700, York Sun wrote:
> >>> BTW, I see x86 also skips "gd = new_gd" in board_init_r(), so I wonder
> >>> what is going on with gd on x86, and whether it makes sense to lump it
> >>> in with CONFIG_SYS_EARLY_GD.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Maybe x86 maintainers can chime in? If we define such macro, it should probably
> >> sit right above board_init_f() so it can be seen easily. There is no other place
> >> it is needed, yet.
> > 
> > I was thinking it would be set the same way other CONFIG symbols are
> > set.
> > 
> 
> That will be in include/common.h for cross-platform macros.

No, it's in the particular board files (or better, arch/subarch files
included by board files) that need this.  The point is to not have a big
ifdef list, rather than to just move the big ifdef list.

-Scott