[U-Boot] [PATCH] ppc4xx: Enable support for 64bit printf on all PPC4xx variants

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Jul 8 23:57:03 CEST 2009


Dear Scott Wood,

In message <4A550FAE.30500 at freescale.com> you wrote:
>
> > And by default we would add CONFIG_SYS_NO_64BIT_VSPRINTF to all board
> > config files?
> 
> No, that's the point -- it would require the board maintainer to 
> explicitly say "this board doesn't need this".  By default we would 
> provide a correct printf.

But then applying this patch would break some boards that are working
now. Shirking off responsibility and have the board  maintainers  fix
it again is IMHO not the right thing to do.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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