On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Eric Nelson <eric.nel...@boundarydevices.com> wrote: > On 09/10/2012 08:56 PM, Fabio Estevam wrote: > We also need to add support for a board (our Nitrogen6x) which > is a slight variation on Sabre Lite. > > We have been patching the board/freescale/mx6qsabrelite, and our > needs can in general be handled without ifdefs, but it seems that > this approach doesn't scale well. > > When other vendors produce boards which are also slight variations, > where do we draw the line, and more importantly, how do we track > and test the needs of each? > > Our thinking is that if it's a different board, it should have > a different directory, and common code should be clearly separated.
It is not my call but I think I share your view; even it is a small variation it is better to have it clear also because it is more developer-friendly or developer needs to be careful all the time to not mess with other boards settings. -- Otavio Salvador O.S. Systems E-mail: ota...@ossystems.com.br http://www.ossystems.com.br Mobile: +55 53 9981-7854 http://projetos.ossystems.com.br _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
