[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4] Network defrag

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri Aug 14 00:01:30 CEST 2009


Dear Robin Getz,

In message <200908131747.20194.rgetz at blackfin.uclinux.org> you wrote:
>
> > I have to admit that I am no friend of this puts_quiet() thingy. 
> > How much time do we really save on a normal system?
> 
> A small fraction.

Thanks for measuring it.

> As the network gets faster, and the UART gets slower - it will make a bigger 
> difference.

Indeed - OTOH, we usually see console baudrates of 115kbps these days...

> > Is this worth the inconsistent behaviour
> 
> Most likely not. I'm not going to be offended if you NAK it.

Thanks :-)

> The better thing to do (IMHO) - would be to print out the proper number of 
> hashes, depending on the size of the file (and implement RFC 2349 at the same 
> time) - not the number of packets (which is what happens today)...

Agreed. Patches welcome!


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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