[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH - RFC] Fix printf() format problems with configurable prompts

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <487E52BC.3090400 at ge.com> you wrote:
>
> It seems a lot simpler to reformat the couple of boards that don't have 
> %d in their string to add the "in %d seconds" type phrase.

Agreed, that would be much simpler.

> The downside (risk!) of this is that some companies may be unhappy if 
> their boot prompt changes (ripple effect through manuals, humans trained 
> to see certain strings, programs expect-ing certain strings, etc.).

That's the exact problem. I know oof at leats one of them who insisted
on the specific message, so this will not work.

> I'm OK with doing this to sacsng and Heiko Schocher is OK with sc3 (he 

Yes, Heiko is OK with that, but not so his customer (who is the  case
I was talking about).


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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