[U-Boot] [WIP][PATCH 00/11] bootm refactoring

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Aug 12 22:17:39 CEST 2008


On Aug 12, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> Dear Kumar Gala,
>
> In message <1218548676-25159-1-git-send-email-galak at kernel.crashing.org 
> > you wrote:
>> This patch set is a refactoring of the bootm functionality to get it
>> ready for the sub-command functionality.  Its a WIP but I wanted to  
>> get
>> some early feedback to see if this is the right direction.
>>
>> We do see some reduction of the arch specific code which is pretty  
>> nice.
>
> What is the level of being "WIP"ish? Is this code still just intended
> for review, or does it compile, or does it actually run on any systems
> yet?
>
> I mean, what should we do with  it  -  review,  create  a  branch  in
> u-boot-testing for it, anything else ?

It compiles and runs.  I was hoping for feedback if the direction is  
acceptable.

I'm adding a "boots" command that implements sub commands.  Once I  
have a version of that working on PPC & Linux I'll post it and want to  
make sure the approach is acceptable before converting ALL other ARCHs  
and other OSes to match.

- k



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