From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org (smtp3.osuosl.org [140.211.166.136]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41E1BC433EF for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 19:40:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4174605BE; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 19:40:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp3.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id l4QCmfwz_aeO; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 19:40:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ash.osuosl.org (ash.osuosl.org [140.211.166.34]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 271856063B; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 19:40:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by ash.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C40571BF3C9 for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 19:40:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE9BF81463 for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 19:40:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id vNypxC0A8zeE for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 19:40:27 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.8.0 Received: from relay12.mail.gandi.net (relay12.mail.gandi.net [IPv6:2001:4b98:dc4:8::232]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8808881460 for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 19:40:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (Authenticated sender: thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com) by relay12.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3B86C200003; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 19:40:24 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2022 20:40:22 +0100 From: Thomas Petazzoni To: Heiko Stuebner Message-ID: <20220108204022.550a7909@windsurf> In-Reply-To: <20200425000629.2068191-1-heiko@sntech.de> References: <20200425000629.2068191-1-heiko@sntech.de> Organization: Bootlin X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.0.0 (GTK+ 3.24.31; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] boot/uboot: add option to define custom dependencies X-BeenThere: buildroot@buildroot.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion and development of buildroot List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Heiko Stuebner , christoph.muellner@theobroma-systems.com, buildroot@buildroot.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: buildroot-bounces@buildroot.org Sender: "buildroot" Hello Heiko, On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 02:06:29 +0200 Heiko Stuebner wrote: > From: Heiko Stuebner > > A custom uboot version my depend on additional unspecified packages > to be built before the uboot build is attempted. > > One example is an additional config fragment referencing things > from other packages, so add an option similar to the config fragments > where these can be defined. > > Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner > --- > boot/uboot/Config.in | 8 ++++++++ > boot/uboot/uboot.mk | 1 + > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) Sorry to come back to you so long after the patch was submitted. We finally had a discussion, and decided that we would prefer to see the actual practical use cases of this, before merging this option. Maybe this option is a good idea, but we really want to hear about specific use cases first. If you have one, we're definitely interested to hear about it! Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com _______________________________________________ buildroot mailing list buildroot@buildroot.org https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot