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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 2/2] boards.cfg: Delete the equivalent entries
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 08:24:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140213072406.8AB443805FF@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140213143212.97DA.AA925319@jp.panasonic.com>

Dear Masahiro Yamada,

In message <20140213143212.97DA.AA925319@jp.panasonic.com> you wrote:
> 
> In the case of this patch,
> (I am not familiar with "ep8248" board, but I guess)
> ep8248 and ep8248E are different, but probably similar board.
> 
> So we can use the common entry "ep8248" for them.
> And "ep8248" means  "ep8248 boards family",
> not "exactly ep8248 board".

The make target name (and as such the entry in boards.cfg) selects a
specific board _configuration_, not a board family or such.  We need a
convenient way for the user to selct any of the supported
configurations, and we also need a convenient way to actually list all
supported configurations (for example, to be able to build them all in
the autobuilder).

As such, combining different configurations under a common name is not
possible.  We do need separate entries for each and every
configuration (unless someone changes the implementation such that we
have another way fulfill the aforementioned requirements).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-02-13  7:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-23 11:09 [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 0/2] Refactoring of boards.cfg Masahiro Yamada
2014-01-23 11:09 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 1/2] boards.cfg: Place "-" in the 8th field if it is the same as 7th Masahiro Yamada
2014-02-21 19:57   ` [U-Boot] [U-Boot, v4, " Tom Rini
2014-01-23 11:09 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 2/2] boards.cfg: Delete the equivalent entries Masahiro Yamada
2014-02-12 13:17   ` Albert ARIBAUD
2014-02-13  5:32     ` Masahiro Yamada
2014-02-13  6:16       ` Albert ARIBAUD
2014-02-13  6:46         ` Masahiro Yamada
2014-02-13  7:48           ` Albert ARIBAUD
2014-02-13  7:24       ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2014-02-13  8:06         ` Masahiro Yamada
2014-02-21 20:11         ` Tom Rini
2014-02-21 19:57   ` [U-Boot] [U-Boot, v4, " Tom Rini

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