[coreboot] [v2] r4360 - in trunk/coreboot-v2/src/mainboard: a-trend/atc-6220 a-trend/atc-6240 abit/be6-ii_v2_0 advantech/pcm-5820 amd/db800 amd/norwich amd/rumba artecgroup/dbe61 asi/mb_5blgp asi/mb_5blmp asus/mew-am asus/mew-vm asus/p2b asus/p2b

[ron minnich]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Myles Watson<mylesgw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> the whole uses thing was something that seemed a good idea at the
>> time. I've come to the conclusion that it is likely a bad idea. Maybe
>> we want a patch that just eliminates the need for uses.
>
> Since I wasn't around for the discussion, could you help me understand why
> it was a good idea at the time?

in v1 we had a huge number of overlapping, identical options because
it was so easy to just define and use one. It was a mess. We decided
to shoot for a bit more discipline in v2. We overshot the mark.

ron