[RFC/PATCH] powerpc/bootwrapper: Allow user to specify additional default targets

Grant Likely grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Tue Jul 8 00:29:47 EST 2008


On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:34:23 -0600 Grant Likely wrote:
>> Specifically the case I'm thinking of is when a user of a Xilinx FPGA
>> drops a new .dts file into arch/powerpc/boot/dts (say
>> 'super-sexy-platform.dts').  However, instead of modifying the
>> Makefile or always typing 'make simpleImage.super-sexy-platform', then
>> can add 'simpleImage.super-sexy-platform' to their defconfig which I
>> can see being easier for someone to get their head around.
>
> Yeah, I thought about the Virtex case with the differing bitstreams
> after I sent out my original question.  For purposes like that, this
> seems like a great fit.  For truly discrete boards, I prefer discrete
> defconfigs.
>
> So overall I see value in the patch.  If nobody else has objections,
> then it's fine with me.

so.... can I have an ack?  :-)

g.

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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
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