From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Heiko Schocher Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:21:29 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] livetime of boards In-Reply-To: <20131107120650.3F4423811DF@gemini.denx.de> References: <5278ED18.3050105@denx.de> <20131105203736.GM5925@bill-the-cat> <20131106075049.57EB63814E8@gemini.denx.de> <527B4C80.1090704@denx.de> <527B5F54.4080501@gmail.com> <527B6DCC.80605@denx.de> <20131107121327.06404af1@lilith> <527B7CB0.6040707@denx.de> <20131107120650.3F4423811DF@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <527B85C9.4020804@denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Hello Wolfgang, Am 07.11.2013 13:06, schrieb Wolfgang Denk: > Dear Heiko Schocher, > > In message<527B7CB0.6040707@denx.de> you wrote: >> >>> Note also that one goal of boards.cfg is to not have multiple files >>> around that have to remain consistent. >> >> Yep, exactly. Thats why I think we could collect this in boards.cfg. > > No, we really want to have a database here, which collects more than > just a timestamp. I would lile to be able to see the history as well > as information which exact commit ID has been tested (and I strongly > vote to allow testing at any time, not only for a end-of-release- > cycle version). we should probably also collect information about the > build environment (at least versions of make, gcc, bintuils), etc. > > This by far exceeds what could be done in boards.cfg, and it exceeds > anything that could be run over the mailing list. Ok, if we need all such information, it breaks boards.cfg, correct. bye, Heiko -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany