* which drivers subdirs should be automatically selected?
@ 2009-12-22 15:02 Robert P. J. Day
2009-12-22 15:23 ` Robert Schwebel
2009-12-23 9:06 ` Sascha Hauer
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From: Robert P. J. Day @ 2009-12-22 15:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: U-Boot Version 2 (barebox)
drivers/Makefile:
obj-y += net/
obj-y += serial/
obj-y += nand/
obj-y += nor/
obj-y += usb/
obj-$(CONFIG_SPI) += spi/
obj-$(CONFIG_I2C) += i2c/
obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO) += video/
is there a fundamental reason that some of those subdirs are
auto-selected, while others are based on a CONFIG variable? asked
another way, are there some driver subdirs that are so fundamentally
required that they *should* be auto-selected, or should *everything*
be a user-selectable choice? the above just seems slightly
inconsistent and non-obvious.
rday
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2009-12-22 15:02 which drivers subdirs should be automatically selected? Robert P. J. Day
@ 2009-12-22 15:23 ` Robert Schwebel
2009-12-22 15:30 ` Robert P. J. Day
2009-12-23 9:06 ` Sascha Hauer
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From: Robert Schwebel @ 2009-12-22 15:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robert P. J. Day; +Cc: U-Boot Version 2 (barebox)
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:02:40AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> drivers/Makefile:
>
> obj-y += net/
> obj-y += serial/
> obj-y += nand/
> obj-y += nor/
> obj-y += usb/
> obj-$(CONFIG_SPI) += spi/
> obj-$(CONFIG_I2C) += i2c/
> obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO) += video/
>
>
> is there a fundamental reason that some of those subdirs are
> auto-selected, while others are based on a CONFIG variable? asked
> another way, are there some driver subdirs that are so fundamentally
> required that they *should* be auto-selected, or should *everything*
> be a user-selectable choice? the above just seems slightly
> inconsistent and non-obvious.
They should be selectable.
rsc
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* Re: which drivers subdirs should be automatically selected?
2009-12-22 15:23 ` Robert Schwebel
@ 2009-12-22 15:30 ` Robert P. J. Day
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From: Robert P. J. Day @ 2009-12-22 15:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robert Schwebel; +Cc: U-Boot Version 2 (barebox)
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009, Robert Schwebel wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:02:40AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > drivers/Makefile:
> >
> > obj-y += net/
> > obj-y += serial/
> > obj-y += nand/
> > obj-y += nor/
> > obj-y += usb/
> > obj-$(CONFIG_SPI) += spi/
> > obj-$(CONFIG_I2C) += i2c/
> > obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO) += video/
> >
> >
> > is there a fundamental reason that some of those subdirs are
> > auto-selected, while others are based on a CONFIG variable?
> > asked another way, are there some driver subdirs that are so
> > fundamentally required that they *should* be auto-selected, or
> > should *everything* be a user-selectable choice? the above just
> > seems slightly inconsistent and non-obvious.
>
> They should be selectable.
i thought as much. perhaps i'll start with that smaller fix and
work my way up if i can make that change in isolation to start with.
rday
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* Re: which drivers subdirs should be automatically selected?
2009-12-22 15:02 which drivers subdirs should be automatically selected? Robert P. J. Day
2009-12-22 15:23 ` Robert Schwebel
@ 2009-12-23 9:06 ` Sascha Hauer
2009-12-23 9:11 ` Robert Schwebel
2009-12-23 9:19 ` Robert P. J. Day
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From: Sascha Hauer @ 2009-12-23 9:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robert P. J. Day; +Cc: U-Boot Version 2 (barebox)
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:02:40AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> drivers/Makefile:
>
> obj-y += net/
> obj-y += serial/
> obj-y += nand/
> obj-y += nor/
> obj-y += usb/
> obj-$(CONFIG_SPI) += spi/
> obj-$(CONFIG_I2C) += i2c/
> obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO) += video/
>
>
> is there a fundamental reason that some of those subdirs are
> auto-selected, while others are based on a CONFIG variable? asked
> another way, are there some driver subdirs that are so fundamentally
> required that they *should* be auto-selected, or should *everything*
> be a user-selectable choice? the above just seems slightly
> inconsistent and non-obvious.
Nothing of the above is really fundamental. Without serial drivers you
won't see anything of course, but this won't stop barebox from working.
I think this only reflects a change of taste during time and should be
done consistently so that other people know how to do it. Prefered is
the obj-$(CONFIG_SPI) += spi/ style.
Sascha
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* Re: which drivers subdirs should be automatically selected?
2009-12-23 9:06 ` Sascha Hauer
@ 2009-12-23 9:11 ` Robert Schwebel
2009-12-23 9:19 ` Robert P. J. Day
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From: Robert Schwebel @ 2009-12-23 9:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sascha Hauer; +Cc: U-Boot Version 2 (barebox)
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:06:39AM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> Nothing of the above is really fundamental. Without serial drivers you
> won't see anything of course, but this won't stop barebox from working.
> I think this only reflects a change of taste during time and should be
> done consistently so that other people know how to do it. Prefered is
> the obj-$(CONFIG_SPI) += spi/ style.
It's also good in the "how small can we make it" game.
rsc
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* Re: which drivers subdirs should be automatically selected?
2009-12-23 9:06 ` Sascha Hauer
2009-12-23 9:11 ` Robert Schwebel
@ 2009-12-23 9:19 ` Robert P. J. Day
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Robert P. J. Day @ 2009-12-23 9:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sascha Hauer; +Cc: U-Boot Version 2 (barebox)
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:02:40AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> > drivers/Makefile:
> >
> > obj-y += net/
> > obj-y += serial/
> > obj-y += nand/
> > obj-y += nor/
> > obj-y += usb/
> > obj-$(CONFIG_SPI) += spi/
> > obj-$(CONFIG_I2C) += i2c/
> > obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO) += video/
> >
> >
> > is there a fundamental reason that some of those subdirs are
> > auto-selected, while others are based on a CONFIG variable?
> > asked another way, are there some driver subdirs that are so
> > fundamentally required that they *should* be auto-selected, or
> > should *everything* be a user-selectable choice? the above just
> > seems slightly inconsistent and non-obvious.
>
> Nothing of the above is really fundamental. Without serial drivers
> you won't see anything of course, but this won't stop barebox from
> working. I think this only reflects a change of taste during time
> and should be done consistently so that other people know how to do
> it. Prefered is the obj-$(CONFIG_SPI) += spi/ style.
fair enough, i can take a shot at that. stuff that's really basic
(like serial) can simply be marked as "default y" so you'd have to
explicitly *exclude* it in unusual cases.
rday
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