From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3BA96CA2.20EC30C8@mvista.com> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 00:12:18 -0400 From: Dan Malek MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Rini Cc: Stefan Roese , Linuxppc-Embedded , Linuxppc-Commit Subject: Re: CPCI-405 port (PPC405GP) References: <20010918115722.A5967@cpe-24-221-152-185.az.sprintbbd.net> <20010919071751.B8132@cpe-24-221-152-185.az.sprintbbd.net> <3BA8DF9E.FD235CF6@mvista.com> <20010919155742.D8132@cpe-24-221-152-185.az.sprintbbd.net> <3BA9241B.4322817A@mvista.com> <20010919163101.E8132@cpe-24-221-152-185.az.sprintbbd.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Tom Rini wrote: > .... We > now define CONFIG_TREEBOOT and CONFIG_EMBEDDEDBOOT for 4xx. Why? The Makefile can just as easily select this based upon board type. That's all the configuration script does.... The only thing unique about treeboot is the way the board information is gathered from the boot rom, which doesn't justify configuration variables like this. Take a look at the 8xx for an example. It configures board information based upon board type, which could be gathered from a variety of places. You guys need to look at what is currently done, understand it, and realize it has likely been done before. This is easy, don't keep complicating it by inventing something new all of the time. > .... Lets add in > CONFIG_PPCBOOT, No, let's not. All of this stuff is on the way out. We should be making modifications so the embedded boards support bi_recs.... All you are doing is inventing a new way to do the same thing that has always worked. Yes, you are _way_ over engineering. The PPCboot folks are going to have to do some major revamping of the way it works. I've warned them (and everyone) about the dependency of always using the compressed image and the bootloaders. It's time to convert all of this stuff, not promote all of these different boot methods and formats further into the kernel. > Or not, 8xx currently does #include in lots of its files. Crap, I hope not.....It's time for all of that to disappear, along with all of the board information stuff in all of the other 8xx files..... Thanks. -- Dan ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/