[U-Boot] SPL framework re-design

Scott Wood
2011-06-27T18:34:35Z

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:27:31 +0200
Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> wrote:

> Dear Ilya,
>
> In message <loom.20110627T010402-587@post.gmane.org> you wrote:
> >
> > I wonder why do we need this whole spl thing in the first place (well,
> > surely I know what they are used for but why do we need a separate entity
> > for this)? Isn't it just the same U-Boot in, well, very special configuration
> > (minimal set of drivers, no shell, etc)? Why do we need a whole shadow tree
> > at spl/ instead of just providing the _configuration_?
>
> Good point. Eventually we can just add additional build rules for
> new object files (say, ".splo" instead of ".o") ?

No need for new extensions -- we should be able to use the target
directory to influence rule selection.

-Scott