[U-Boot] [PATCH PPC_4xx V3] Print simple row of dots instead of spinning wheel

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Oct 29 00:05:49 CET 2008


Dear Matthias,

In message <200810231308.04027.sr at denx.de> Stefan Roese wrote:
> 
> On Thursday 23 October 2008, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > Replace the "spinning wheel" eye candy by printing a simple  row  of
> > dots. This avoids problems with control charactersin log files etc.
> >
> > Also, it saves a few bytes.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>
> > ---
> > Hey, seems I'm heading for the record of submitting the maximum
> > number of patch versions in the shorted time :-(
> 
> ;)
> 
> > This patch version fixes a few typos in the first version, and gets
> > rid of a few variables no longer needed because of the changes.
> >
> >  board/esd/common/cmd_loadpci.c      |    6 +-----
> >  board/esd/pci405/cmd_pci405.c       |    6 +-----
> >  board/esd/pmc440/cmd_pmc440.c       |    6 +-----
> 
> We need the ACK from esd (Matthias) for this esd specific change. He is on 
> vacation right now. I suggest that you split this patch so that we can apply 
> the ppc4xx specific part directly.

What do you think about this change, at least as far as the ESD boards
are concerned?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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