On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 12:16:12AM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Christopher Harvey, > > In message <20110704210619.ga3...@harvey-pc.matrox.com> you wrote: > > > > I'm curious, is it a feature that bd->bi_arch_number can be set at > > runtime? Do any boards actually make a decision about what value to > > Yes, this is a feature. It comes in handy in a number of cases. > > > set this to? If not, then maybe it should be a required value. I've > > Why?
Because if every machine sets an essentially static value at runtime then it would be a nice compile-time check to do. But, there is no point since the bi_arch_number isn't fixed for each u-boot configuration. > > > submitted some patches that deal with the same sort of issue, so I'm > > interested in seeing that happens to this one. > > Sorry, I can't follow... I was refering to this patch: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/103149/ which is similar. > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de > The rule on staying alive as a program manager is to give 'em a num- > ber or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once. -Chris _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot