[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3] arm: add CONFIG_MACH_TYPE option and documentation

[charvey at matrox.com <charvey@matrox.com>]

On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 12:16:12AM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Christopher Harvey,
> 
> In message <20110704210619.GA3218@harvey-pc.matrox.com> you wrote:
> >
> > I'm curious, is it a feature that bd->bi_arch_number can be set at
> > runtime? Do any boards actually make a decision about what value to
> 
> Yes, this is a feature. It comes in handy in a number of cases.
> 
> > set this to? If not, then maybe it should be a required value.  I've
> 
> Why?

Because if every machine sets an essentially static value at runtime
then it would be a nice compile-time check to do. But, there is no
point since the bi_arch_number isn't fixed for each u-boot
configuration.

> 
> > submitted some patches that deal with the same sort of issue, so I'm
> > interested in seeing that happens to this one.
> 
> Sorry, I can't follow...

I was refering to this patch:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/103149/
which is similar. 

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
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-Chris