From: Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/3] Makefile: rework / cleanup
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 11:05:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2bpcdbmwu.fsf@ohwell.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1273970133-10228-1-git-send-email-wd@denx.de> (Wolfgang Denk's message of "Sun, 16 May 2010 02:35:30 +0200")
Hi Wolfgang,
> The top level Makefile is growing and growing. Once, wehn we suppoted
> only a few tens of boards, it was possible to implement board
> configuration logic in the Makefile, but it quickly turned out that
> this doesn't scale. Also, it is not really needed (at least not any
> more) - we noch have mechanisnms in place, that allow for more
> efficient code.
>
> The following patch series is an attempt to start some cleanup and
> reduce the size of the top level Makefile. The solution is neither
> perfect nor complete - there are quite a lot of boards that resist
> such a cleanup and need more thorough cleanup. But it's an initial
> step, showing what could and should be done, which boards have
> problems, and why this is the case. Eentually this paves the ground
> for a more friendly way to add new board configurations.
Wow, thanks for these cleanups. This is absolutely a good direction to
simplify the makefile. For all three parts you have my
Acked-by: Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>
Cheers
Detlev
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-18 9:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-16 0:35 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/3] Makefile: rework / cleanup Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-16 0:35 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3] Fix printing of make targets, simplify Makefile Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-16 0:35 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/3] Makefile: simplify handling of build target names Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-19 23:40 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-05-16 0:35 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3] Makefile: simplify handling of common board configurations Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-18 9:05 ` Detlev Zundel [this message]
2010-05-27 21:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4 v2] Makefile: rework / cleanup Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-28 1:38 ` Thomas Chou
2010-05-28 12:19 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-28 13:00 ` Scott McNutt
2010-05-28 14:16 ` Thomas Chou
2010-05-28 14:34 ` Thomas Chou
2010-05-27 21:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4 v2] Fix printing of make targets, simplify Makefile Wolfgang Denk
2010-06-13 16:08 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-27 21:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4 v2] Makefile: simplify handling of build target names Wolfgang Denk
2010-06-13 16:08 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-27 21:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4 v2] Makefile: simplify handling of common board configurations Wolfgang Denk
2010-06-13 16:09 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-27 21:18 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/4 v2] Makefile/mkconfig: read simple board configurations from boards.cfg Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-28 5:13 ` Peter Tyser
2010-05-28 5:32 ` Peter Tyser
2010-06-13 16:10 ` Wolfgang Denk
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