[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Add flash programming counter]

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <20080307114652.dc01d39a.kim.phillips at freescale.com> you wrote:
>
> > In message <47D168AE.7050006 at ge.com> you wrote:
> > >
> > > There is no way to add an end marker without using a new line (or use 
> > > '\r' which is really unacceptable, and more justifiably so).  Since we 
> > > are settling in on having 50 (?probably want to use a #define) dots 
> > > unless there are fewer than 50 units to be written, I suppose we can 
> > > live without a end marker.  Sigh, the end marker was the fun part.
> 
> I thought it safe to assume a terminal is 80 characters wide..(80 -
> strlen("Writing to Flash") - strlen("done")) == 60?

No, this is not a  safe  assumption.  We  have  a  couple  of  boards
supported  with  QVGA displays. These usually show 12 x 40 characters
only.

Just one example...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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