Re: [coreboot] [PATCH] Proposal for dealing with superio *.c includes

[Georgi, Patrick]

Am Donnerstag, den 03.03.2011, 01:06 +0200 schrieb Alex G.:
> So you have:
>    select SUPERIO_KEITH875H
>    select SUPERIO_ALEX666G
>    select SUPERIO_ALEX666G_HAS_EARLY_SERIAL
> > Having said that though, isn't early serial support sort of mandatory anyway?
>
> The point is not to specify if a superio has early serial. It is to
> specify which of the different superio's early serial will get compiled
> in, and used.

The chipset components in Kconfig could be derived from the
devicetree.cb (statically, on config time or before) - this would
simplify board config a bit by reducing duplication.

Early serial could be managed with a new keyword there
("chip superio/foo/bar early")

Thoughts?

Patrick