From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Detlev Zundel Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 11:05:05 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/3] Makefile: rework / cleanup 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") References: <1273970133-10228-1-git-send-email-wd@denx.de> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de 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 Cheers Detlev -- As a general remark, you're more likely to get meaningful feedback if you just submit what you think is best. You'll get more feedback when people don't like what you did, but any EE will tell you that negative feedback is the path to stability. -- Ben Warren <4BAA6F5C.5060002@gmail.com> -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-40 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: dzu at denx.de