[coreboot] coreinfo: Make hard-coded strings configurable for Bayou use
Jordan Crouse
jordan.crouse at amd.com
Tue Aug 5 16:05:30 CEST 2008
On 05/08/08 14:57 +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> See patch.
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> Uwe.
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> Move out some hardcoded strings in coreinfo to become Kconfig variables.
> This is useful for use with (e.g.) Bayou in order let the user customize the
> payload name, description, version, etc.
>
> For instance, instead of using stock coreinfo and calling the payload
> "coreinfo" and the Bayou menu item "Show system information" a user might
> only be interested in an NVRAM dump payload. Thus, he/she can enable
> only the NVRAM coreinfo module via Kconfig, and tell Kconfig to call
> the payload "NVRAMdumper" and the Bayou menu item "Show NVRAM contents".
>
> This is build-tested, and tested against Bayou in QEMU.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe at hermann-uwe.de>
Only one question - what about internationalization? It doesn't seem
fair that English gets the default and everybody else has to change
the kconfig.
Otherwise...
Acked-by: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse at amd.com>
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Jordan Crouse
Systems Software Development Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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