[U-Boot] arm mach-types.h

Michael Walle
2011-11-13T10:10:02Z

Am Sonntag 13 November 2011, 01:32:03 schrieb Marek Vasut:
> > - every supported board in u-boot has to be supported in mainline linux,
> >
> > too. because that is the basic requirement for an entry to stay in
> > this file.
>
> No, you can define CONFIG_MACH_TYPE MACH_TYPE_SOMETHING and
> MACH_TYPE_SOMETHING nnn in your config file.
well, according to this argumentation, there would be no need for mach-types.h
at all. because if you rely on a mach-types.h definition and it is removed
from linux, you have to switch to define it yourself anyway.

> > IMHO u-boot should have its own mach-types.h (maybe autogenerated, like
> > the linux kernel do), just with entries for boards which are supported
> > by u-boot. This way, there won't be any problems with new board support
> > patches.
>
> That would be insane due to colisions in the number assignment. See above
> how to handle such trouble.
of course with the same ids... (same source as the kernel mach-types, which is
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/download.php)

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Michael