[RFC PATCH 06/19] powerpc: gamecube/wii: introduce GAMECUBE_COMMON

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Nov 25 08:15:14 EST 2009


>>> Add a config option GAMECUBE_COMMON to be used as a dependency  
>>> for all
>>> options common to the Nintendo GameCube and Wii video game consoles.
>>
>> Maybe something like GAMECUBE_OR_WII instead?  "COMMON" is so
>> common it's meaningless.
>>
>
> I don't like either GAMECUBE_OR_WII.
> It looks as if it can be used to match options for the GAMECUBE  
> _or_ WII. But that's not the meaning of it.
>
> This option should be used only for options applicable to both the  
> GAMECUBE and WII, i.e. basically those options in the WII which  
> where "inherited" from the GAMECUBE to make it retro-compatible.
>
> If GAMECUBE_COMMON is unacceptable, maybe GAMECUBE_LEGACY or  
> GAMECUBE_COMPAT?

Maybe it's best to write GAMECUBE || WII in the places that use it,  
then?


Segher



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