Am Sonntag 13 November 2011, 01:32:03 schrieb Marek Vasut: > > - every supported board in u-boot has to be supported in mainline linux, > > > > too. because that is the basic requirement for an entry to stay in > > this file. > > No, you can define CONFIG_MACH_TYPE MACH_TYPE_SOMETHING and > MACH_TYPE_SOMETHING nnn in your config file. well, according to this argumentation, there would be no need for mach-types.h at all. because if you rely on a mach-types.h definition and it is removed from linux, you have to switch to define it yourself anyway.
> > IMHO u-boot should have its own mach-types.h (maybe autogenerated, like > > the linux kernel do), just with entries for boards which are supported > > by u-boot. This way, there won't be any problems with new board support > > patches. > > That would be insane due to colisions in the number assignment. See above > how to handle such trouble. of course with the same ids... (same source as the kernel mach-types, which is http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/download.php) -- Michael _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
