[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH v2 2/8] apm821xx: add support for the Cisco Meraki MR24

[Felix Fietkau]

On 2016-07-14 21:39, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> This is mostly because with subtargets, it's possible to have different
> kernel configs.
> 
> MyBook Live is somewhat unique compared to the MR24 or the WNDR4700. It has to
> do without any flash (the 512Kb flash on the MBL only contains the u-boot). 
> The target's boot and rootfs has to be located on the SATA drive, so the MBL
> needs to have the ext2/4 built-in to boot. (WD's u-boot requires the bootfs 
> to be ext2. We could do without it, if we didn't care about sysupgrade).
> 
> The problem with having a shared target for MR24 and WNDR4700 is that the they
> have different hard-coded addresses (CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_44x_PHYSLOW) for 
> the early console. Other than that, there is AFICT no reason.
> 
> So, what's the plan? Have a NAS and ROUTER subtarget? And forget about the early
> console?
I don't think early console is worth having subtargets for. And
regarding router vs nas: how much flash does the router have? Can it
handle the extra stuff that NAS devices need in their kernel config?

Having unnecessary extra subtargets wastes resources on snapshot builds
and releases, so I want as few of them as possible.

- Felix