[U-Boot] [PATCH] Blackfin: bf525-ucr2: new board port

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Sunday, December 19, 2010 15:09:44 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > I want to get rid of all these board specific config.mk files.
> > > And I don't see a good reason why it would be needed here.  Other
> > > boards don;t need any of this either.
> > 
> > then where exactly are boards supposed to specify their own custom build
> > settings ?  like optimizations that they want to enable on specific
> 
> Boards should not need custom build rules in the first place.

i didnt say build rules, i said settings.  that means tweaking things like 
CFLAGS.  none of the Blackfin board config.mk's have custom build rules.

> > files/subdirs ?  many Blackfin boards prefer speed over size in the
> > compression code because we arent hurting for space, and most people
> > prefer the faster decompression at runtime.  without a board config.mk,
> > that isnt possible.
> 
> Can these be gobal settings for all BF boards then?

no, that doesnt make any sense.  just because i want some of the boards i 
maintain to favor speed over size doesnt mean every board maintainer should.  
thus the settings are in the board-specific config.mk where they should be.
-mike
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