[U-Boot] [RFC PATCH 3/7] reboard: Add generic relocation feature

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Wednesday 07 December 2011 02:38:40 Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> Le 30/11/2011 03:58, Mike Frysinger a ?crit :
> > On Tuesday 29 November 2011 18:49:58 Graeme Russ wrote:
> >> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >>>> On Tuesday 29 November 2011 17:15:18 Simon Glass wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >>>>>> On Monday 21 November 2011 18:57:56 Simon Glass wrote:
> >>>>>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>>>>> +++ b/board/Makefile
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> +ifndef CONFIG_SYS_LEGACY_BOARD
> >>>>>>> +COBJS        += reloc.o
> >>>>>>> +endif
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> i don't think relocation should be tied "legacy board".  not all
> >>>>>> arches do relocation at all, which means they might never opt in to
> >>>>>> this aspect.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> If they don't do reloc then when we move them over we should add a
> >>>>> CONFIG for this I think. But would prefer to wait until we have an
> >>>>> arch moving over that requires no relocation, before addressing this.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Blackfin does no relocation, so i'd be annoyed to have to carry a
> >>>> define like "LEGACY_BOARD" forever ;)
> >>> 
> >>> Would you be happier with CONFIG_ARCH_NO_RELOCATION?
> >> 
> >> CONFIG_SYS_NO_RELOC
> > 
> > either is fine by me
> 
> CONFIG_SYS_SKIP_RELOC clearly states there is some usual step we're
> skipping, plus we could homogeneize with other config settings that
> "SKIP" some step.

fine by me as well
-mike
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