[Buildroot] [v3, 3/4] barebox: user selection of build output images

Pieter Smith pieter at boesman.nl
Wed Mar 2 07:54:08 UTC 2016


On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 12:14:15AM +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> On 02/29/16 09:38, Pieter Smith wrote:

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> > 
> > ACK. Done. I solved this with the above default and help text pointing the user
> > to use 'barebox.bin' for older versions. I'm just waiting for Yegor, and then
> > I'll repost.
> > 
> > Right now a user-friendly warning is generated if an old config is used and
> > this config item has not yet been set. 
> 
>  If you give it a default value, it _will_ be set for old configs.

If the user remembers to run defconfig. If he doesn't, the error is quite vague.

> > I can have the makefile also generate a
> > hint for older barebox versions if the image filename isn't found:
> > - Do you think the additional complexity is warranted?
> 
>  Yes, that's worth it.

ACK. Will do.

>  Regards,
>  Arnout

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- Pieter


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