[U-Boot] Need input: Use Virtual address in commands; add translation/physical

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Andrew,

In message <c166aa9f0811261512p273f56a8qa17d22b4d57523d3 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > - Initially, a xlat (or insert better name here) command-line command
> > will be added to give you a PA given a VA, and vice-versa.
> 
> virt_to_phys and phys_to_virt?

C'me on, we actually have to *type* that command every now and  then,
so  please  let's chose a short name. "xlat" has the benefit that BDI
users  already  know  the  it,  it's  short,  and  can  probably   be
abbreviated as "xl" or so without risk of name collisions :-)

> I would love to see memory addresses get parsed through a common
> routine - that would allow easily hooking in an arch/platform specific
> routine to filter out addresses that should be avoided.

U-Boot is not supposed to do any such filtering.

"UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things,  because
that would also stop you from doing clever things."       - Doug Gwyn


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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