[coreboot] Coreboot-v2 patch rom names

Ward Vandewege ward at gnu.org
Wed Feb 6 19:34:12 CET 2008


On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 02:20:06PM -0700, Myles Watson wrote:
> This patch changes all rom names that aren't coreboot.rom in Config.lb files.
> 
> I think that since the directory specifies the architecture and the
> board, it is redundant information to name it something else, and it
> makes it more difficult to automate the build process (buildrom).

Great.

> In buildrom we should just use Config-options.lb files instead of
> patching or keeping our own.  It just adds more to maintain, with very
> little benefit.  The correct place for Config.lb files is in the
> coreboot-v2 tree.
> 
> The next patch would add Config-lab.lb files for each architecture
> supported by buildrom. 

That would work - but what about other payloads? Maybe we could use a naming
scheme like

  Config-buildrom-$(PAYLOAD).lb

and then make buildrom look for such a file, perhaps falling back to the
generic Config.lb file if it does not exist?

Thanks,
Ward.

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Ward Vandewege <ward at fsf.org>
Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator




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