[U-Boot-Users] ARM cleanup - was: [GIT PULL] [ARM] Please pull fromgit://denx.de/git/u-boot-arm.git

[Peter Pearse]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wd at denx.de [mailto:wd at denx.de] 
> Sent: 04 September 2007 10:43
> To: ulf at atmel.com
> Cc: Peter Pearse; u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] ARM cleanup - was: [GIT PULL] 
> [ARM] Please pull fromgit://denx.de/git/u-boot-arm.git
> 
> Dear Ulf,
> 
> in message <1188890757.4333.2.camel at aeglos.sweden.atmel.com> 
> you wrote:
> >
> > > > > I'm afraid I don't understand. We are not talking about  any 
> > > > > startup code,  but  about the code of the "reset" 
> function, i. 
> > > > > e. what casues the board to reset.
> > 
> > This is definitely not the code which causes the board to reset.
> > It is the code start up the MCU.
> 
> You are right. I got confues by the name of this function -  
> for  me, it  seems obvious that a function with the name 
> "reset" contains code that implements (parts of) the command 
> "reset" which you can call  on the  command  line.  My  
> confusion  was supported by the comment that reads "the 
> actual reset code".

I agree it's confusing. As I said comes from the standard ARM names for the 
exception vectors.

> 
> May I ask to change the name of this function, as it does not 
> perform a "reset", but some initialization after the 
> processor started  (from a reset or power-on condition)?

I'll include this as part of the amended patch. I hope to have this ready
later today for Ulf
(and anyone else who wants) to test.

Peter

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
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