[PATCH] coreinfo: Make hard-coded strings configurable for Bayou use

[Uwe Hermann]

See patch.

Uwe.

coreinfo: Make hard-coded strings configurable for Bayou use

[Jordan Crouse]

On 05/08/08 14:57 +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> See patch.
> Uwe.
>
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> Move out some hardcoded strings in coreinfo to become Kconfig variables.
> This is useful for use with (e.g.) Bayou in order let the user customize the
> payload name, description, version, etc.
>
> For instance, instead of using stock coreinfo and calling the payload
> "coreinfo" and the Bayou menu item "Show system information" a user might
> only be interested in an NVRAM dump payload. Thus, he/she can enable
> only the NVRAM coreinfo module via Kconfig, and tell Kconfig to call
> the payload "NVRAMdumper" and the Bayou menu item "Show NVRAM contents".
>
> This is build-tested, and tested against Bayou in QEMU.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann

Only one question - what about internationalization?  It doesn't seem
fair that English gets the default and everybody else has to change 
the kconfig.

Otherwise...

Acked-by: Jordan Crouse

coreinfo: Make hard-coded strings configurable for Bayou use

[Uwe Hermann]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 08:05:30AM -0600, Jordan Crouse wrote:
> Only one question - what about internationalization?  It doesn't seem
> fair that English gets the default and everybody else has to change 
> the kconfig.
>
> Otherwise...
>
> Acked-by: Jordan Crouse

Thanks, r3472.

For the i18n, as per IRC discussion, we'll probably have to do quite
some work, including VESA, fonts, UTF libs, whatnot...

I added a ticket here:
http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/111

Uwe.