From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] Documenting the CONFIG_MACH_TYPE variable
Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 00:14:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110504221408.76DFB126DAA@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DC0FFB0.5080502@compulab.co.il>
Dear Igor Grinberg,
In message <4DC0FFB0.5080502@compulab.co.il> you wrote:
>
> While looking at how to document the CONFIG_MACH_TYPE variable,
> I caught myself wondering, why don't we provide an option to set
> this variable in board config file and set the bi_arch_number field in
> a more generic location (e.g. arch/arm/lib/board.c: board_init_f()),
> then it is right now (in each board's board_init() function)?
"Historic reasons", probably.
> Will such thing be accepted?
Why not.
> Are there any problems with it?
>
> Have anyone tried this in the past?
Not that I know of.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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What about WRITING it first and rationalizing it afterwords? :-)
- Larry Wall in <8162@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-04 22:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-04 7:26 [U-Boot] Documenting the CONFIG_MACH_TYPE variable Igor Grinberg
2011-05-04 22:14 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2011-05-05 5:29 ` Igor Grinberg
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