[Buildroot] Full config files for each board are yucky.
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Mon Jul 19 05:15:49 UTC 2010
>>>>> "Mitch" == Mitch Davis <mjd+buildroot at afork.com> writes:
Hi,
Mitch> <rant>That *every* defconfig file needs to be changed indicates a
Mitch> failing of the present system, where we have pre-canned config files
Mitch> for every board, that need ongoing maintenance whenever something in
Mitch> the Kconfig files change.</rant>
Agreed, I was thinking of running Uwe's reduce script:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/7/13/134
Mitch> I have an alternative config system where every board inherits config
Mitch> options from something else (ultimately the defaults in the config
Mitch> system), then a board can turn on and off and set options which are
Mitch> relevant to that board. BR2_GIT would only need to be changed in one
Mitch> place, if at all. I'll clean it up and publish it, if anyone's
Mitch> interested...
What would that buy us compared to Uwe's script? Would that involve
significant changes to package/config making updates harder?
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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