[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] imx: ddr: Move mx6q_4x_mt41j128.cfg to mx6sabresd board dir

[Michael Trimarchi]

Hi

Il 01/set/2014 21:02 "Wolfgang Denk" <wd at denx.de> ha scritto:
>
> Dear Otavio,
>
> In message <CAP9ODKonaZ9v76WAdd4k7or_kUWF=
ATTLf+-DrqgQYVgKbt8Bg at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> >
> > > But in the next sentence you state that this very file is also used by
> > > another board (cgtqmx6qeval) - so apparently it is NOT a board
> > > specific file.  Actually this makes even more sense to me, as I would
> > > expect that the file is more specific to the DDR type than to the
> > > board.
> > >
> > > So why exactly do you think it would be better to move this into a
> > > board specific place?
> >
> > All the calibration has been done by Freescale and for the SABRE SD
> > board. This is not guarantee it works in other boards, neither
> > expected. Congatec opted to include this file but it is their choice
> > and moving to the board file makes it more evident.
>
> This may be all true, but nevertheless this is NOT board specific
> code.  And you can already see it being reused by other boards, so the
> most natural way to handle it is to factor it out into a common
> directory.  And actually this is what we had before.
>
> If we are going to change code, we should have a good reason for such
> a change, like fixing bugs, adding features, or cleaning up.  What
> exactly is that good reason here?  Moving code used by more than one
> board from a common place to a board-specific one make things worse,
> not better.
>

Agree with Walfgang

Michael

> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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