[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] config: Add CONFIG_DEPRECATED_SILENT_LINUX_CONSOLE

Doug Anderson
2012-01-10T20:47:53Z

Dear Wolfgang,

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> wrote:
> Hm...actually - why do we need both now? ?This is ugly and makes
> little sense to me.

Having both CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE and
CONFIG_DEPRECATED_SILENT_LINUX_CONSOLE separate allows us to continue
to use CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE and then undefine the
CONFIG_DEPRECATED_SILENT_LINUX_CONSOLE setting from boards one by one
as people either decide that they don't need it or come up with other
options.

Being able to undefine CONFIG_DEPRECATED_SILENT_LINUX_CONSOLE allows
you to avoid the 256-byte buffer overrun while still using the rest of
the CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE feature.

At the moment, I haven't sent up any patches that have
CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE defined but _not_
CONFIG_DEPRECATED_SILENT_LINUX_CONSOLE, since the config file I'm
currently working with hadn't made it all the way upstream yet.

I will resubmit the series with your other suggestions. Thanks!