From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Masahiro Yamada Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:06:20 +0900 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 2/2] boards.cfg: Delete the equivalent entries In-Reply-To: <20140213072406.8AB443805FF@gemini.denx.de> References: <20140213143212.97DA.AA925319@jp.panasonic.com> <20140213072406.8AB443805FF@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <20140213170619.97E2.AA925319@jp.panasonic.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Hello Wolfgang, Albert, > Dear Masahiro Yamada, > > In message <20140213143212.97DA.AA925319@jp.panasonic.com> you wrote: > > > > In the case of this patch, > > (I am not familiar with "ep8248" board, but I guess) > > ep8248 and ep8248E are different, but probably similar board. > > > > So we can use the common entry "ep8248" for them. > > And "ep8248" means "ep8248 boards family", > > not "exactly ep8248 board". > > The make target name (and as such the entry in boards.cfg) selects a > specific board _configuration_, not a board family or such. We need a > convenient way for the user to selct any of the supported > configurations, and we also need a convenient way to actually list all > supported configurations (for example, to be able to build them all in > the autobuilder). > > As such, combining different configurations under a common name is not > possible. We do need separate entries for each and every > configuration (unless someone changes the implementation such that we > have another way fulfill the aforementioned requirements). The motivation for this patch is that I want to consolidate equivalent entries before Kconfig. (I do not want to generate and maintain the same copies, configs/ep8248_defconfig and configs/ep8248E_defconfig. Or create a symbolic link from one to the other?) If you do not like this patch, you can dismiss it for now. But can I put this discussion to the table again along with Kconfig series? Anyway, Kconfig patches are not posted yet (please give me a little more time) so I think it is too early for our final decision. Best Regards Masahiro Yamada