[coreboot] r983 - in coreboot-v3: device include/device

ron minnich rminnich at gmail.com
Thu Nov 6 16:43:47 CET 2008


On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Myles Watson <mylesgw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> v2 uses the #if X == 1
>>
>> v3 uses #ifdef X
>>
>> I doubt we want condifional compilation at all. coreboot is firmware,
>> not an OS, and we don't want lots of variant versions. I lean toward
>> yanking this type of conditional compilation.
>
> I think the reason this was originally done was for size.  There might be
> some people who are unhappy with HT, PCIe, and PCIx support compiled in for
> their embedded box.
>

Let me restate. I like the idea of NOT compiling in un-needed drivers.
I just wonder about the way it was done in device code.

Sorry, have not had breakfast yet, just got off the phone with comcast.

ron




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