From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.kymetacorp.com ([208.187.125.9]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.87 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1cdhag-0004dv-NT for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:12:41 +0000 From: Trent Piepho Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:12:15 +0000 Message-ID: <1487096017.20042.316.camel@kymetacorp.com> References: <4bcf7de3-5ced-3575-9495-c1f4f20ce60c@phytec.de> <20170213192247.gjld5b33genwav2a@pengutronix.de> <20170214072704.7erbpueegfqmjqus@pengutronix.de> In-Reply-To: <20170214072704.7erbpueegfqmjqus@pengutronix.de> Content-Language: en-US Content-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: barebox PBL question To: "s.hauer@pengutronix.de" Cc: "barebox@lists.infradead.org" On Tue, 2017-02-14 at 08:27 +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote: > > > You should use PBL_MULTI_IMAGES instead. In fact, the existing Rockchip > > > port already does this. > > > > Is there any advantage to the single image pbl system? It seems like multi image > > with one image achieves the same result. > > The advantage is that the same config and only one build step is used > to build images for multiple boards/projects. This greatly increases the > chance that the existing configs are actually tested. Also it makes it > easy to test the same software on different boards. Another thing is > that I can currently built test every commit in every defconfig, > something I couldn't do if every board had its own defconfig, possibly > in a xload and a regular variant. Defconfig files also have the tendency > to bitrot very fast. Most defconfigs are committed once and never > touched again which means you never get the new features and whenever > you change the board you possibly find a defconfig that needs many > adjustments before you feel home. These all sounds like advantages for the multi-pbl system. I was asking if the single pbl system had an advantage. It seems to be mostly a duplication of multi-pbl that can't do as much. I wondered if there was a reason, besides inertia, to keeping it around. _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox