[U-Boot] [RFC PATCH 1/3] expose eth_is_active() function to test network device state

[Bernhard Nortmann]

Am 25.08.2015 um 17:55 schrieb Joe Hershberger:
 > Hi Bernhard,
 >
 > [...]
 > It's good to have a build target and also a test or so. We should
 > maybe enable it in sandbox.

I'm not familiar at all with the U-Boot "sandbox" architecture, so I'd 
prefer
to leave that to someone else.

 > I'm pretty sure CamelCase is used in NetConsole.

Thanks, I'll fix that.

 > I guess that will work (not running moveconfig.pl) with
 > CONFIG_NETCONSOLE since so far most boards that don't define
 > CONFIG_DM_ETH don't define CONFIG_NET or CONFIG_NETDEVICES so that
 > CONFIG_NETCONSOLE option wouldn't be available. We'll have to change
 > that for next release.
 >
 > -Joe

Yes, that Kconfig vs. "legacy" options battle is a bit of a problem. If it
keeps things simpler for now, I could add "NETCONSOLE" to the respective
CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS as an alternative approach, and leave that Kconfig
migration for the future. Which do you prefer?

Regards, B. Nortmann