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

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Scott Wood,

In message <4A551D5A.5060300 at freescale.com> you wrote:
>
> > 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.
> 
> What would break?  If things would no longer fit where they currently 
> fit, that could happen on any change that increases code size -- 

Right, which is why I continue to resist to certain changes that
increase code size.

> possibly even just by changing compilers (this exact thing happened to 
> the NAND bootstrap on some boards with very recent GCC).  That's life, 

But then changing the tool chain is something that is under control of
the board maintainer, so he is automatically also called on fixing any
problems resulting from this.

This is different from changes that other people are doing.

> A quick grep shows several instances of %ll/%L in other places that may 
> not be obvious to the board maintainer (cmd_mmc, ubi, disk/part_efi, 
> cpu/mpc8xxx/ddr, lmb, disk/part, cmd_ide, reiserfs).  Boards that use 
> those without 64-bit printf are broken *right now*.

Agreed. It would be good to get at least error messages for such
cases. It is not good that they go through unnoticed.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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