[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Support fot the ML507 Board 1/4

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Ricardo,

in message <aa76a2be0807101219s4946b744h2ca925f1e9c7dbf8@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
>   Sorry to hear that. I have tried to give all my best and follow the
> style of the ml300 board, which was the closest board to mine.
> On FPGAs board I think that it is not  a horrible idea to follow this
> style. Maybe you should consider to create an FPGA branch, where the
> generic drivers could be accepted. As I said, the FPGA hardware

Believe me, this makes no sense. Copying the same files around quickly
results in an unmaintainable mess. Adding lots of code which are not
actually needed just prevent anybody from actually understanding which
code is essential and which not.

We've been there before, and we learned this lesson.

> changes a lot and support a so changing hardware will be very
> difficult... Or just should not support FPGAs and its IP devices...

I do not think that FPGA have any inherent  problems.  The  issue  is
with  the  base  code  which  was  not written with a boot loader (or
portability and efficiency) in mind.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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