[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Add a flash programming end marker and progress dots

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <200803070744.57697.sr at denx.de> you wrote:
>
> a) Crashes upon flashing 16MBytes

Nice :-(

> b) Strange output upon "saveenv" with redundant env sectors:
...
> It seems we have to restrict the output length somehow for this 16MByte 
> problem. Or perhaps use a fixed length for all sizes.

The important thing is that the string printed...

- must make no assumptions about starting in a specific column
  (i. e. \r will not work)
- must not emit any newlines (i. e. must be single-line).

A fixed (precalculated) length of the string should be used indeed (if
at all).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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