[U-Boot-Users] Patch: allow a fixed port for TFTP (take 3)
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Wed Jan 12 01:10:22 CET 2005
In message <41E4657F.6010406 at orkun.us> you wrote:
>
> > I reject this because such a long variable name seems unacceptable to
> > me. Don't make life unnecessarily hard to your users. Use a short
> > name. How about "tftpport"?
>
> Wolfgang, "tftpport" is what he has done previously.
:-(
> I will pledge for clarity over 6 more bytes in environment which most
> boards will not define anyway. If that is not reasonable, please allow
> for "tftpsrcport" or "tftpcport".
So be it "tftpsrcport" then. Or "tftpsrcp" :-)
["tftpcport" ??? TFT-PC-Port? Or 'c' like what???]
> I actually want to provide a complimentary patch over this one to make
> the tftp server port configurable which the environment variable can be
> appropriately named as one of "tftpserverport", "tftpdestport" or
tftpdstport or tftpdstp, please.
> "tftpsport". I also want to use the same CONFIG_TFTP_PORT variable to
[Seems to be some funny kind of exercise, this: TFTP sport. And is
misleading - TFTP _S_ource Port ?]
> enable both environment variables unless you object in which case naming
> the config variables as CONFIG_TFTP_CLIENT_PORT and
> CONFIG_TFTP_SERVER_PORT is probably better.
OK.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
--
Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
They say, well, meybe it _is_ smelly, maybe it _is_ overcrowded, may-
be it _is_ a bit like Hell would be if they shut the fires off and
stabled a herd of incontinent cows there for a year, but you must
admit that it is full of sheer, vibrant, dynamic _life_.
- Terry Pratchett, _Moving Pictures_
More information about the U-Boot
mailing list