[OE-core] [PATCH][V2] u-boot: state the MACHINE when skipping u-boot

[Burton, Ross]

On 1 August 2013 12:18, Laszlo Papp <lpapp at kde.org> wrote:
>> It cannot be more specific without dumping the entire machine
>> configuration, which won't help because a variable is *not* set.
>
> No no, it could print out the concrete file to look up, not just a name.
> Besides, I would probably even print a warning about the entry point and
> load address not set.

This is a simple "can I even build?" check, and UBOOT_MACHINE is sufficient.

Our users are not totally useless, I think they can find their own
machine configuration files.

>> By "machine configuration can be in the command line" do you mean
>> MACHINE=foo?  And if so, why does that mean the statement is vague?
>
> Well, you could place a warning for instance when it is set to the same as
> in the config file. That is probably not what the user intended.

I'm not sure what you meant here.  Do you mean a situation where the
local.conf says MACHINE=foo and the user also sets MACHINE=foo in the
environment?

Ross