[U-Boot] [PATCH 9/9] Move api_examples to api/examples

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Jul 9 22:07:30 CEST 2009


Dear Peter Tyser,

In message <1247157371.905.16.camel at localhost.localdomain> you wrote:
> 
> > Please don't do this. I would like to have api_examples stay clear  
> > from the API proper and such organization was introduced on purpose.  
> > While the core API code is integral part of U-Boot code image, the  
> > example/demo/other app is physically separate tangible entity. I think  
> > it seems proper that directories' layout reflects this. What we could  
> > do is provide a top level directory grouping all items non-integral  
> > wrt U-Boot itself (examples, api_examples) and put them there.
> 
> I don't really follow...  The api_example/ directory is an example of
> how to use the functionality provided by the code in the api/ directory,
> right?  If so, they are very closely related and I'd argue that the
> api_example/ directory should be moved into api/ since conceptually it
> makes more sense as well as cleans up the directory structure.

If a directory gets created, I'd prefer to see this under

	examples/api/

then, assuming that more types of example code might get added over
time, and I think it would be nice to have these together.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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