[U-Boot] [PATCH] Add bootstrap command

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Thu Jul 16 16:06:33 CEST 2009


On Thursday 16 July 2009 15:47:17 Matthias Fuchs wrote:
> > > "bootstrap" is pretty generic.  can you pick something a little more
> > > descriptive/specific ?
> >
> > I agree with Mike. Please change the command name and the files to
> > something more specific. How about "4xxbootstrap"? Or "4xxstrap"?
>
> To long for my taste.
>
> > Any other good ideas
> > about this naming welcome. :)
>
> We called this command "sbe" on our PMC440 (440EPx) and upcoming
> PMC405DE (405EP) board. I must admit that I forget its meaning.
> Probably something like 'setup bootstrap eeprom'.

If you already forgot what it's supposed to mean, then it definitely is not a 
good name. Better a bit longer and more descriptive.

> But it works
> a little mit different that the bootstrap command.

It would be great if you could merge/consolidate such 4xx custom commands into 
this common one. Does you command support more features? What's the main 
difference?

Thanks.

Best regards,
Stefan

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