[Buildroot] What's up with the kernel names? (Again)

[Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>]

>>>>> "Ulf" == Ulf Samuelsson <ulf.samuelsson@atmel.com> writes:

Hi,

 Ulf> I don't see anywhere where the kernel name is referenced in u-boot
 Ulf> except for the generation of the script, which I fixed. Looks like
 Ulf> Peter is also unable to guess what you are talking about. Perhaps you
 Ulf> might care to enlighten us.

 Ulf> ==> Look at the u.-boot patches in device/Atmel/arch-arm/

Ulf, see again why hiding that kind of "magic" under target/device is
bad? If things break for specific platforms because they have feature
patches hidden away under target/device then I think it's pretty
unrealistic for other developers to fix it.

 Ulf> ==> I designed the advanced linux configuration to tightly fit
 Ulf> together with u-boot
 Ulf>        to mimize the hassle of getting the board up and running.
 Ulf>        You can always build the classic linux configuration
 Ulf> target/linux/Makefile.in",
 Ulf>        so unless you are prepared to go the whole way, why meddle?

So maybe the problems we're seing is in that design? I don't use the
linux-advanced stuff, but my feeling is that there's too much "magic"
going around here, and that things are too specialized.

But that's a discussion for another day.

 Ulf>        Peter has said on other occasions: "fix the problem you
 Ulf> created, or revert the patch".

And I agree with that, but it's ofcourse not black/white. What I mean
is that if you make changes, then you need to work with the other
developers to help fix up stuff and/or change it so stuff doesn't
break.

In other words, try to think bigger than just your specific platform.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard