[U-Boot] [PATCH] Add bootstrap command

[Matthias Fuchs]

On Thursday 16 July 2009 16:06, Stefan Roese wrote:
> On Thursday 16 July 2009 15:47:17 Matthias Fuchs wrote:
> > > > "bootstrap" is pretty generic.  can you pick something a little more
> > > > descriptive/specific ?
> > >
> > > I agree with Mike. Please change the command name and the files to
> > > something more specific. How about "4xxbootstrap"? Or "4xxstrap"?
> >
> > To long for my taste.
> >
> > > Any other good ideas
> > > about this naming welcome. :)
> >
> > We called this command "sbe" on our PMC440 (440EPx) and upcoming
> > PMC405DE (405EP) board. I must admit that I forget its meaning.
> > Probably something like 'setup bootstrap eeprom'.
> 
> If you already forgot what it's supposed to mean, then it definitely is not a 
> good name. Better a bit longer and more descriptive.
I like 'sbe' - it short and I even gave it a meaning :-)
> 
> > But it works
> > a little mit different that the bootstrap command.
> 
> It would be great if you could merge/consolidate such 4xx custom commands into 
> this common one. 
I was a little inspired by the sequoia code that also comes with a bootstrap command.
So please don't ask me to merge it into common code. But your finger on your own nose.

> Does you command support more features? What's the main  
> difference?
Much simpler. Just call sbe with a descriptive argument like a CPU frequency or something
like '667-66' on a 440EPx target with 66Mhz PCI clock or 'sr-test-only' for something you
will remove later :-). This has two advantages over just using 
numbers: You can remove configurations without making the following configs in the table moving 
to the front and its a little more secure meaning you have to type a couple of valid character 
to  reconfigure the clocking. Just using "bootstrap 5" is error-prone. 

Well, I like my syntax and behavior, but I do not want to totally dismiss Dirk's idea
as long as I can keep my sbe command :-)


> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Best regards,
> Stefan
> 
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