Hi,

I'm repeating here my previous reply sent to you in private in reply
to your private mail.

On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 06:08:13PM +0100, Cezary Jackiewicz wrote:
> Dnia 2013-01-09, o godz. 20:51:04
> Paul Fertser <fercer...@gmail.com> napisaƂ(a):
> 
> > Cezary Jackiewicz <cezary.jackiew...@gmail.com> writes:
> > > +define Profile/3G300M
> > > + NAME:=Tenda 3G300M
> > > + PACKAGES:=\
> > > +         kmod-usb-core kmod-usb-rt305x-dwc_otg \
> > > +         kmod-ledtrig-usbdev
> > > +endef
> > 
> > What is the motivation to have a dedicated profile that's exactly the
> > same as the default one?
> 
> To can be selected only this device.

Well, yes, but is it really that useful? Generating extra images takes
very little extra time comparing to generating a single one. But the
profile list becomes bigger, more files to maintain etc.

> > Can you please take a look at http://patchwork.openwrt.org/patch/3132/
> > , do you know of any reason do not do it the same way here?
> 
> Because your patch is not yet included into mainline? This is patch for 
> current sources, if anyone enters this change, it may be rewritten.

I gave a link to my patch trying to explain that i think you can
generate a single image by using MkImage thus avoiding code
duplication and unneeded complexity.

> > BTW, do you think kernel_size_4M and rootfs_size_4M should be defined
> > and used for all the mtdlayout_4M targets instead of hardcoding those
> > numbers?
> 
> IMO yes, it should be, as generic_8m.

Would you like to do it yourself or do you prefer having someone else
do it?

Good luck!
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