[U-Boot] [PATCH 10/13 v3] Makefile: Add Kconfig option CONFIG_SPL_IMAGE to select the SPL binary
Eugen.Hristev at microchip.com
Eugen.Hristev at microchip.com
Wed Apr 3 12:31:56 UTC 2019
On 03.04.2019 15:22, Stefan Roese wrote:
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> Hi Eugen,
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> On 03.04.19 13:21, Stefan Roese wrote:
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>>>> If I try to just use menuconfig and change this value to something
>>>> else,
>>>> build fails. The purpose of this Kconfig is to name the SPL filename as
>>>> per the config's desire ?
>>>>
>>>> Or in fact is "which binary file to use to make the Combined SPL+U-BOOT
>>>> mega image" ?
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>>> Ok, the commit message explains it pretty well, but the Kconfig help is
>>> totally different... hence the confusion sorry.
>>> So we need to either make a choice submenu in this Kconfig : either this
>>> or that; or, do exactly what the Kconfig says: rename the output binary
>>> into the value of this Kconfig.
>>>
>>> Does this make sense ?
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>> You are suggesting to add this SPL_IMAGE as choice instead of its
>> current implementation? That might be better, yes. Let me look into
>> this...
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> I did look into this and I would prefer to stay with the original
> implementation of the defaults. Changing this into a Kconfig choice
> makes this a bit more complex in the Kconfig. Additionally and even
> more important (for my personal feeling), the original implementation
> is more in line with the BUILD_TARGET implemenation directly below
> this new implementation.
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> So if you don't object, I would like to send a new version with the
> original implementation but with a "better" (more correct)
> description in Kconfig.
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> What do you think?
This would imply that your new description has to state that if an
incorrect binary name is configured here, the build will fail (?)
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> Thanks,
> Stefan
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