IDEA: optional fw build

[kamikaze]

As I see there are always so many fights with MicroPython firmware size growth. That's why some ideas might not pass into codebase.
But how about adding such feature for build process that could define which parts to include into build and which not? For example some projects don't need framebuffer and graphics at all. Some do not need wifi. Some others do not need something else but need graphics. Some of them need just one framebuffer mode. It's like Linux kernel`s menuconfig (or command line options at least).
As a result fw build size may decrease even now for most of users.

[deshipu]

You mean something like this? https://github.com/micropython/micropyt ... nfigport.h

[kamikaze]

You mean something like this? https://github.com/micropython/micropyt ... nfigport.h

Yeah, but something more user(and/or script)-friendly. This headerfile could be modified as a result of option processing

[deshipu]

You can already override those settings by passing options to the make command, I think.

[dhylands]

There are some options that can be modified via make, but most of the options in mpconfigport.h need to come in through your board definition file.

Currently, the simplest way to have a customized build is to create a new board definition.