[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/5] 74xx_7xx: CPCI750: Add loadpci command

Matthias Fuchs matthias.fuchs at esd.eu
Fri Jun 5 12:54:24 CEST 2009


Hi Stefan,

please leave the code as is. It is already used in a project
and so modifying the parameter type may no change.

On Friday 05 June 2009 05:39, Stefan Roese wrote:
> Hi Matthias,
> 
> On Thursday 04 June 2009 19:40:19 Matthias Fuchs wrote:
> > doen't it make sense to use/extend the code from
> > board/esd/common/cmd_loadpci.c in stead it copying this code? Even that
> > code is running on 4xx only, it should be simple to modify it for cpci750.
> > Adding support for bootvx should be simple also.
> 
> I thought about this too but didn't do it mainly because of those reasons:
> 
> a) As you already mentioned the current code in common is 4xx specific.
But easy to adapt :-)
> 
> b) The parameters used to identify the image type are incompatible on
>    both platforms. "1" is used for booting a script on 4xx and VxWorks
>    on CPCI750.
> 
> c) I have no means of testing any changes in this code on 4xx and/or
>    750.
> 
> So if you still think this should be unified then I need your assistance here. 
Of course I can do such testing on 4xx hardware. 
> You would need to help me testing those changes on both platforms. Please let 
> me know if you can do this.

But let's shutdown this discussion.

Matthias


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