From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] Full config files for each board are yucky.
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:15:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hbjwuk56.fsf@macbook.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimWP0NejW9l0IQSazcaldVaJu0dySV8bGsqh3Wo@mail.gmail.com> (Mitch Davis's message of "Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:29:36 +1000")
>>>>> "Mitch" == Mitch Davis <mjd+buildroot@afork.com> writes:
Hi,
Mitch> <rant>That *every* defconfig file needs to be changed indicates a
Mitch> failing of the present system, where we have pre-canned config files
Mitch> for every board, that need ongoing maintenance whenever something in
Mitch> the Kconfig files change.</rant>
Agreed, I was thinking of running Uwe's reduce script:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/7/13/134
Mitch> I have an alternative config system where every board inherits config
Mitch> options from something else (ultimately the defaults in the config
Mitch> system), then a board can turn on and off and set options which are
Mitch> relevant to that board. BR2_GIT would only need to be changed in one
Mitch> place, if at all. I'll clean it up and publish it, if anyone's
Mitch> interested...
What would that buy us compared to Uwe's script? Would that involve
significant changes to package/config making updates harder?
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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2010-07-19 2:29 [Buildroot] Full config files for each board are yucky Mitch Davis
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