In message 4840E304.7090702@ruby.dti.ne.jp you wrote:
Well, yes - if it's for compiler/assembler options only, then the board config file is not the correct place for this.
I don't think so because 1) CPU type is not board-dependent, and 2) the board config file is not board-specific file, but system config file. CPU type is reasonably one of system configuration, IMO.
I cannot follow you here. Especially I have no idea what you mean by "system config file".
To make sure we use the same terms: THe "board config file" is the board specific header file "include/configs/<boardname>.h". This file is definitely NOT the correct place to tweak compiler and/or assembler options (not to mention that I don't see how this would be done).
I _guess_ you might be referring to the cpu/*/config.mk files, but then the term "_board_ config file" is wrong.
P.S. I decided to defer this patch due to some reason. That's another story and will inform the list later.
Since I haven't heard again about this I assume this is for the next merge window (or even later). Is this assumption correct, or should this still go into the current release?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk