Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:52:57 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r289336 - head/sys/mips/conf Message-ID: <CAJ-VmomRDiiegkqihOxkhrK%2Bb0Kd87_ykJxCjAf9NH6PFvJ4tw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2D=OxxTbjnpdMXmsOATkdWZKD-F2qmqVZ-viVvN3OgP%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <201510142110.t9ELA6wv001917@repo.freebsd.org> <CAPyFy2D=OxxTbjnpdMXmsOATkdWZKD-F2qmqVZ-viVvN3OgP%2BQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Yeah, look at what I did with AR71XX_BASE, AR933X_BASE, etc. Maybe std.OCTEON1, etc.. -a On 14 October 2015 at 16:26, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 14 October 2015 at 21:10, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Author: emaste >> Date: Wed Oct 14 21:10:05 2015 >> New Revision: 289336 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/289336 >> >> Log: >> Add Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite (ERL) kernel config file > > Because I've received a couple of private followups on this commit > I'll reply here to avoid the same discussion being spread across > multiple threads. > > There's a suggestion to have this config include OCTEON1 (on which > this is based) and then set a couple of ident/options. I didn't take > that approach here because OCTEON1 includes a whole bunch of devices > not relevant to the ERL, which has no PCI bus and doesn't support > AHCI, RAID controllers, PCI NICs, etc. In my opinion the device is > small enough that we don't want to bloat the kernel with devices that > cannot be used. To do so while still including OCTEON1 we'd end up > with a config file that's just about as long as this, full of nodevice > / nooption lines. > > Perhaps it makes sense to pull some common parts out into a > MIPS.common (e.g. options, USB devices, etc.) and include that from > OCTEON1, ERL, and other MIPS configurations? >
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