[U-Boot] [PATCH 09/10] kconfig: move CONFIG_OF_* to Kconfig

Masahiro YAMADA yamada.m at jp.panasonic.com
Mon Sep 8 18:10:28 CEST 2014


Hi Stephen,


2014-09-09 0:58 GMT+09:00 Stephen Warren <swarren at wwwdotorg.org>:
> On 09/08/2014 09:57 AM, Masahiro YAMADA wrote:
>>
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>>
>>
>> 2014-09-09 0:04 GMT+09:00 Stephen Warren <swarren at wwwdotorg.org>:
>>
>>> I don't believe this is the correct approach; CONFIG_OF_CONTROL isn't a
>>> user-configurable option, and hence shouldn't show up in *_defconfig.
>>> "select OF_CONTROL" in a Kconfig file probably makes sense though.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think it depends on the board (SoC).
>>
>> In my understanding,  Zynq boards should work with/without Device Tree
>> control.
>> (Moreover, Zynq boards work with/without  SPL)
>>
>> At least as for Zynq,
>> CONFIG_OF_CONTROL  ( and CONFIG_SPL too) is a user-configurable option.
>>
>> (Michal, please correct me if I am wrong.)
>>
>>
>> I am not familiar with Tegra SoCs, but
>> do Tegra boards always Device Tree? ( and only work with SPL ?)
>>
>> If so,
>>
>> config TEGRA
>>          select SPL
>>          select OF_CONTROL
>>
>> looks better?
>
>
> That looks correct for Tegra.
>

OK.  I will send v2.
CONFIG_OF_CONTROL in tegra defconfigs will go away.


(BTW, I forgot to mention a famous board; beaglebone black.

am335_boneblack_defconfig disables CONFIG_OF_CONTROL,
whereas am335_boneblack_vboot_defconfig enables it. )



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada


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