[U-Boot] [PATCH] cmd: move CMD_PXE to Kconfig
Joe Hershberger
joe.hershberger at gmail.com
Tue Nov 15 04:15:28 CET 2016
On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> wrote:
> Currently, CMD_PXE is forcibly enabled in config_distro_defaults.h, so
> that general purpose distributions can rely on it being defined. This
> header is included, under conditions or not, by various archs or
> famillies of archs / SoCs.
>
> However, it is very possible that boards based on those SoCs will not
> have a physical ethernet connector at all, even if the have a MAC; for
> example, the Nanopi Neo AIR (sunxi H3) does not. It is also possible
> that network booting is absolutely not necessary for a device.
>
> However, it is not possible to disable the PXE command, as it is
> forcibly enabled and is non-configurable.
>
> But it turns out we already have a config option to build a distro-ready
> image, in the name of DISTRO_DEFAULTS.
>
> Move CMD_PXE out of the hard-coded config_distro_defaults.h into a
> Kconfig option, that gets selected by DISTRO_DEFAULTS when it is set.
>
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Cc: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com>
I like this, but do you not also need to run moveconfig.py on this patch?
Thanks,
-Joe
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