[U-Boot] [PATCH] sunxi: Add new Mele_A1000G_quad defconfig

Hans de Goede hdegoede at redhat.com
Wed Jun 3 16:09:14 CEST 2015


Hi,

On 03-06-15 14:52, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 08:49:04AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
>> On Tue, 2015-06-02 at 09:07 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>> So if there is no way to store this info in the defconfigs lets
>>> just leave it out and will point people to the wiki.
>>
>> Would it be totally mad to have a string CONFIG_BOARD_URL containing a
>> URL (e.g. to the relevant wiki page) which was printed on boot i.e. in a
>> "Board Info: http://...." type thing and/or in the help output?
>>
>> This started off as a thought on abusing Kconfig to somehow allow some
>> of this info to remain, but just that would be a step too far IMHO, but
>> if it also serves a (somewhat) practical purpose, then, maybe?
>>
>> (I'm not convinced myself, but thought I'd mention it).
>
> Ah, MAINTAINERS can help here.  Checking out the kernel's copy:
>
> Descriptions of section entries:
>
>          P: Person (obsolete)
>          M: Mail patches to: FullName <address at domain>
>          L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
>          W: Web-page with status/info
> ...
>

Ah yes the W: option in MAINTAINERS is indeed the best place to
stick URL-s, thanks for your input.

Regards,

Hans


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