[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] common: mark commands as default to match "config_cmd_default.h"

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hi Simon, Alexey,


On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:44:16 -0700
Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>>> Frankly I don't like this approach with post-processing steps. It will
>>> inevitably end-up with messed up configs.
>>>
>>> Why don't we just use default values in Kconfig for ARCH/SOC/Board?
>>> It's pretty obvious that 1 board may have N flavors but then have a
>>> baseline options selected in "board/vendor/board_name/Kconfig" and only
>>> put options that differ between boards in your defconfigs.
>>>
>>> This way "savedefconfig" will automatically strip down all extra lines
>>> for a particular board.
>>>
>>> This is how things work in Linux kernel and Buildroot Kconfig-based
>>> build systems. Probably I'm missing something here because U-Boot
>>> differs from mentioned projects in some aspects - if so please correct
>>> me.
>>
>> I started with this approach and Masahiro was not very keen on it. I'm
>> OK with it, particularly as it is already supported, but I wonder
>> whether we can do better.


Shall we go with this way?

It is true that I was not very keen on it at first,
but after discussion with you, I understand that
this is the best solution we can do now in terms of
code maintainability.


Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada