[U-Boot] [PATCH] Add bootstrap command

Matthias Fuchs matthias.fuchs at esd-electronics.com
Thu Jul 16 22:24:22 CEST 2009


> Dear Matthias Fuchs,
> 
> In message <200907161547.17433.matthias.fuchs at esd.eu> you wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Dirk,
> > > 
> > > On Wednesday 15 July 2009 16:46:12 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 15 July 2009 09:48:00 Dirk Eibach wrote:
> > > > > This adds a generic command for programming I2C bootstrap eeproms.
> > > > > Implementation for Canyonlands board is included.
> > > >
> > > > "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'. But it works
> 
> Indeed. "sbe" is not an acceptable name as nobody will know what it's
> suppost to mean.
> 
> > a little mit different that the bootstrap command.
> 
> Actually the name "bootstrap" command itself is something that I
> really dislike.
> 
> Please find a better description (avoiding "bootstrap"), and then
> chose a descriptive name.
ccc - config chip|cpu configuration
scc - setup chip|cpu configuration
wcc - write chip|cpu configuration
wcce - write chip|cpu configuration eeprom

I am not a friend of long names :-)

Matthias


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