From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Pitre Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Kbuild: Implement CONFIG_UIMAGE_KERNEL_NOLOAD Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:31:06 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <1331080238-1524-1-git-send-email-swarren@wwwdotorg.org> <1331080238-1524-2-git-send-email-swarren@wwwdotorg.org> <20120307180815.GA27213@game.jcrosoft.org> <20120307190820.GD27213@game.jcrosoft.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-reply-to: <20120307190820.GD27213@game.jcrosoft.org> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Cc: Stephen Warren , Michal Marek , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Michal Simek , Guan Xuetao , Mike Frysinger , linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Mundt , uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Russell King , Haavard Skinnemoen , "David S. Miller" , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Hans-Christian Egtvedt List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > On 13:50 Wed 07 Mar , Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > > > > On 17:30 Tue 06 Mar , Stephen Warren wrote: > > > > This allows the user to use U-Boot's mkimage's -T kernel_noload option > > > > if their arch Kconfig allows it, and they desire. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren > > > > --- > > > > The next patch enables this new CONFIG_ALLOW_ option for ARM. I assume > > > > that some other architectures will also be able to enable it, but I'm > > > > not familiar enough with any to know which. > > > I'm going to repeat. I don't think any impromevent here. > > > > You know what? I agree with you... on a conceptual level only though. > > > > In reality, some people are are just too used to it, either for > > emotional reasons or simply because that's what was there before so they > > simply perpetuated it without thinking further, or whatever. REmoving > > that support would just upset a lot of people. And frankly we have > > better things to do than starting a flamewar over this. > My concern is this new feature is available on new version of U-Boot only > and people that does not have it and built the uImage are going to ask the > question. Why bla bla bla.... > > Where people are supposed to RTFM > > I do do not want to have the answer this and manage this. Well, just don't then. Nicolas From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:64880 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759599Ab2CGTbN (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2012 14:31:13 -0500 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:31:06 -0500 (EST) From: Nicolas Pitre Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Kbuild: Implement CONFIG_UIMAGE_KERNEL_NOLOAD In-reply-to: <20120307190820.GD27213@game.jcrosoft.org> Message-ID: References: <1331080238-1524-1-git-send-email-swarren@wwwdotorg.org> <1331080238-1524-2-git-send-email-swarren@wwwdotorg.org> <20120307180815.GA27213@game.jcrosoft.org> <20120307190820.GD27213@game.jcrosoft.org> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Cc: Stephen Warren , Michal Marek , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Michal Simek , Guan Xuetao , Mike Frysinger , linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Mundt , uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Russell King , Haavard Skinnemoen , "David S. Miller" , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Hans-Christian Egtvedt Message-ID: <20120307193106.LGifZaKtlVwhGJQa_LwII3Yflmj3FdhWJkx0d-IzfOE@z> On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > On 13:50 Wed 07 Mar , Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > > > > On 17:30 Tue 06 Mar , Stephen Warren wrote: > > > > This allows the user to use U-Boot's mkimage's -T kernel_noload option > > > > if their arch Kconfig allows it, and they desire. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren > > > > --- > > > > The next patch enables this new CONFIG_ALLOW_ option for ARM. I assume > > > > that some other architectures will also be able to enable it, but I'm > > > > not familiar enough with any to know which. > > > I'm going to repeat. I don't think any impromevent here. > > > > You know what? I agree with you... on a conceptual level only though. > > > > In reality, some people are are just too used to it, either for > > emotional reasons or simply because that's what was there before so they > > simply perpetuated it without thinking further, or whatever. REmoving > > that support would just upset a lot of people. And frankly we have > > better things to do than starting a flamewar over this. > My concern is this new feature is available on new version of U-Boot only > and people that does not have it and built the uImage are going to ask the > question. Why bla bla bla.... > > Where people are supposed to RTFM > > I do do not want to have the answer this and manage this. Well, just don't then. Nicolas