(yet more pedantry, but when i try to explain stuff like this to
students, it's nice to know what i'm talking about.)
i notice the following excerpts from YP's mpc8315e-rdb.conf:
KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "uImage"
UBOOT_MACHINE_mpc8315e-rdb = "MPC8315ERDB_config"
KERNEL_DEVICETREE = "mpc8315erdb.dtb"
what is the purpose (if any) for the "mpc8315e-rdb" override in the
line:
UBOOT_MACHINE_mpc8315e-rdb = "MPC8315ERDB_config"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
given that this is a machine config file for a specific target,
"mpc8315e-rdb", wouldn't this suffice?
UBOOT_MACHINE = "MPC8315ERDB_config"
of course, having that MACHINEOVERRIDES wouldn't hurt, but it seems
superfluous, and it's also inconsistent with other variable settings
in that file that don't use it, which is *exactly* what confuses the
heck out of beginners.
thoughts? am i missing something? other machine config files don't
seem to need it:
UBOOT_MACHINE = "am335x_boneblack_config"
rday
p.s. i apologize for being such an annoying pedant all the time, but
little inconsistencies like this are exactly what some of my students
notice, and ask about, and i end up looking at it, going, "i haven't
the foggiest idea what the heck that's all about." hence my obsession
with consistency.
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