Joe, All,
On 2016-11-14 21:15 -0600, Joe Hershberger spake thusly:
On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998@free.fr wrote:
Currently, CMD_PXE is forcibly enabled in config_distro_defaults.h, so that general purpose distributions can rely on it being defined. This header is included, under conditions or not, by various archs or famillies of archs / SoCs.
However, it is very possible that boards based on those SoCs will not have a physical ethernet connector at all, even if the have a MAC; for example, the Nanopi Neo AIR (sunxi H3) does not. It is also possible that network booting is absolutely not necessary for a device.
However, it is not possible to disable the PXE command, as it is forcibly enabled and is non-configurable.
But it turns out we already have a config option to build a distro-ready image, in the name of DISTRO_DEFAULTS.
Move CMD_PXE out of the hard-coded config_distro_defaults.h into a Kconfig option, that gets selected by DISTRO_DEFAULTS when it is set.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" yann.morin.1998@free.fr Cc: Joe Hershberger joe.hershberger@ni.com
I like this, but do you not also need to run moveconfig.py on this patch?
Ack. I was not aware of this tool. I will run it and if it does change any defconfig, I'll repost. If nothing is changed, I'll just reply to this thread. OK?
Should the defconfig update be a separate patch, or should it be squashed into this one?
Thanks for the feedback! :-)
Regards, Yann E. MORIN.