From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.240]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22271DDF35 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 23:34:24 +1000 (EST) Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 8so13039368agc.0 for ; Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:34:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:34:23 -0600 From: "Grant Likely" Sender: glikely@secretlab.ca To: "Josh Boyer" Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] powerpc/bootwrapper: Allow user to specify additional default targets In-Reply-To: <20080707091818.72d584fe@zod.rchland.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <20080701175852.32575.39707.stgit@trillian.secretlab.ca> <20080707091818.72d584fe@zod.rchland.ibm.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:51:44 -0600 > "Grant Likely" wrote: > >> Anyone had a chance to look at this? I think this could be used to >> eliminate a lot of the platform specific default targets in >> arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile by moving them into the defconfigs. Josh, >> Kumar, what are your thoughts? > > So for cases like Kilauea/Haleakala or Bamboo/Yosemite, you would > specify Yosemite in the bamboo defconfig? Or? If they share a defconfig, then yes, that is what I'm thinking about... > I actually sort of prefer having a separate defconfig/CONFIG_YOSEMITE > (as an example) because it's much easier for an end user to figure out > if the board is supported or not. ...however, these don't have to disappear if you prefer them. > I could be totally misunderstanding the intention of this patch though, > so I'll stop rambling and wait to see what the use case is. Specifically the case I'm thinking of is when a user of a Xilinx FPGA drops a new .dts file into arch/powerpc/boot/dts (say 'super-sexy-platform.dts'). However, instead of modifying the Makefile or always typing 'make simpleImage.super-sexy-platform', then can add 'simpleImage.super-sexy-platform' to their defconfig which I can see being easier for someone to get their head around. g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.