[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Total5100 and Total5200 platform support

Pantelis Antoniou panto at intracom.gr
Tue Jul 6 09:16:58 CEST 2004


Wolfgang Denk wrote:

>Dear Pantelis,
>
>in message <40EA413B.1000407 at intracom.gr> you wrote:
>
>>>I just learned that there are already other bad examples using such a
>>>"console" setting:
>>>
>>>File:				Board:		Maintainer:
>>>board/eltec/elppc/misc.c		ELPPC		Frank Gottschling
>>>board/netphone/phone_console.c	NETPHONE	Pantelis Antoniou
>>>drivers/cfb_console.c		?		Frank Gottschling
>>>
>...
>
>>Excuse me Wolfgang but what is the problem?
>>
>
>The  problem  is  that  the  files  listed  above  invented  a   new,
>non-standard  mechanism  for something which is already available and
>thus should be done in a different way.
>
>
>>In my board I don't use an extra console variable. I
>>just wait for a key sequence to enable the lcd console
>>which does use the standard u-boot mechanism.
>>
>>Have I missed something here?
>>
>
>See "board/netphone/phone_console.c":
>
>    ...
>    331         /*
>    332          * Force console i/o to serial ?
>    333          */
>    334         if ((penv = getenv("console")) != NULL && strcmp(penv, "serial") == 0)
>    335                 return 0;
>    ...
>
>Here you _do_ use an extra console variable.
>
Oops, you're correct.

I have forgotten about this because I don't actually use it anywhere.

Attached patch just kills this.

>
>Please get rid of this. Please the standard stdin / stdout  /  stderr
>(here probably stdout) settings for this.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Wolfgang Denk
>
>
Regards

Pantelis

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