In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > b) defconfigs is more about testing and a known working configuration > than it is about a distribution configuration. It's not intended to > be the deployed config. For a distribution/deployable image it is > expected that the engineer responsible will tailor the config.
This may be true in general, but for the boards in question it is definitely incorrect: * The TQM5200 configuration as provided is intended for shipping as default configuration for this board. The "engineer responsible" already *did* the tailoring and put that state in the defconfig file. * The CM5200 and Motion-Pro boards are custom designs, where the defconfig file matches exactly the requirements of the respective customers. I feel it is very important to be able to include this configuration information somewhere with the kernel source tree - and to me the defconfig file for a board is the most natural place to put such information. Please understand that we do NOT expect the end user having to "tailor the config" - instead, we want to provide a default configuration that can be used as is, at least for default usage cases. If you don't want to use a board specific default configuration, then please tell me what the recommended way is to provide a knwon to be working, tested *and* *useful* default configuration for custom boards in the Linux kernel tree? > All these boards are supported with > arch/powerpc/platforms/mpc5200_simple.c. A kernel built for that > platform will boot on any of those boards as long as it is passed the > correct device tree. I don't doubt that the kernel will boot. But that does not mean that it is ready for use for the intended purpose. For example, arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/motionpro.c contains code to setup some custom LEDs on this board. I can't find that code in arch/powerpc/platforms/mpc5200_simple.c. It may be argued that this code should be moved somewhere else, but I don't remeber to have seen any such review comments. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You don't have to stay up nights to succeed; you have to stay awake days. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
