In message 200211050854.52321.h.schurig@mn-logistik.de you wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice to port lkc-1.2 to u-boot? I know that OpenZaurus already uses the system and I liked it there.
Something like that would indeed be nice; it has always been one of the things I tried to keep in mind - the close resemblance of the U-Boot config variables to the naming convention as used in Linux is intended.
Yesterday evening I downloaded lkc-1.2 and patched it a little bit so that it workes in the u-boot tree. "make xconfig" already works. However, the real work will be the config.in files.
Right.
When I, for example, look at include/configs/dnp1110.h then I see lot's of defines and comments. With lkc, this would be very different. We would have a config.in file (most probably more than one file) which defines what is definable and also contains the code. The default-configs for the the boards would be automatically done.
This would be a tremendous change of focus, but I guess it might be worth it. It would give much structure.
I looked into creating an old-style Linux "make menuconfig" setup some time ago, but quickly gave up when I saw which amount of effort was required.
Wolfgang, should I send you my tools/lkc-1.2 part of u-boot?
Sure, why not? If it's not too big (limit is 40k) you can even post it to the list, so others can get check this, too. [Or I can put it on a FTP server, or even in the CVS.]
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk