[Buildroot] [PATCH v4 0/7] Support building a second Barebox config (incl. BBB)

[Pieter Smith <pieter@boesman.nl>]

Hi Thomas,

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 04:50:13PM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 14:35:22 +0000, Pieter Smith wrote:
> 
> > As I already voiced, I would like to have the defconfig in as a
> > usage example.
> 
> Well, what you want and what the Buildroot maintainer/core developers
> want may be different :-)

Yup... If all the world was of one mind, it surely would be a boring place ;-)

I do not want to try to force the beaglebone_barebox_defconfig. Everybody knows
that it doesn't work that way. Is there no value in having SOME FORM of
defconfig to illustrate feature use in buildroot?

> My opinion is that there is no point is having gazillions of different
> defconfigs for the same board. Your focus is on Barebox, but then the
> next developer will want a defconfig for BeagleBone+Qt5, the next one
> for BeagleBone+Wayland, the next one for BeagleBone+Kodi, the next one
> for BeagleBone as a toaster controller, etc, etc. As you can see, it's
> going to be an endless list of unmaintainable defconfigs, so we have to
> cut the line somewhere.

What? No beaglebone_epilator_defconfig? Pity... ;-)

> And IMO, having a defconfig whose only difference from the
> beaglebone_defconfig is to use Barebox instead of U-Boot is not a
> useful defconfig.

I can't find fault with your logic. I am all too aware of how painful the
maintenance burden can become if you don't say no often enough.

> It would however be useful in a "testing" framework so that we can
> validate automatically that the dual Barebox functionality continues to
> work over time.

Agreed. Where can I stall my shiny BBB barebox "regression test" roadster then?

> > I also find the BBB with barebox much easier to play with. It
> > boots faster and is much easier to script.
> 
> That's very subjective, and the default/defacto standard on BeagleBone
> remains U-Boot (no matter how much I would prefer Barebox to become
> more popular).

Oh, if I could change the world... ;-)

Regards,
Pieter

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