[U-Boot-Users] Enabling the data size parameter for memory commands like "md"?

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Pasi,

in message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0310141425340.4900-100000 at melkki.cs.Helsinki.FI> you wrote:
> 
> >From the source (and from the usage help) I understand that at least the 
> memory commands like "md" should accept (optional) data size parameter 
> (.b/.w/.l) as the first parameter. 

No, this is wrong. This is NOT the first  parameter,  but  a  command
qualifier.

> How do you enable this? In my environment they don't work: 1) argv[0] is 
> the command itself (like "md"), not the data size parameter from where the 
> source tries to read it and 2) if I give the data size parameter, the 
> upper framework counts the amount of parameters to be illegal and 
> therefore certain commands give me an error message (the short usage).

Which is the correct reaction on incorrect command usage.

> I suppose there is a #define missing? What is it? I could not quickly find
> it grepping the source, googling the net / mailing list archives. 

Ummm... I suggest you start RTFM?

See for example
http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/UBootCmdGroupMemory#Section_5.9.2.3.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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