[U-Boot] [PATCH] Add the "mfill" and "mcheck" memory commands.

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Benoit Monin,

In message <28907262.11403.1236090567026.JavaMail.www at wwinf8303> you wrote:
> 
> The mfill command writes the value of a counter to a memory area.
> The mcheck command verifies the memory area against the counter value.
> Those commands are useful for debugging memory/framebuffer controller.
> 
> The configuration option is CONFIG_MFILL and this only takes effect if
> the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).

What exactly is the purpose of this patch? Looks like an extremely
simple memory test to me. Don't we have already a rich selection of
better ones available yet?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
"I can call spirits from the vasty deep."
"Why so can I, or so can any man; but will they come when you do call
for them?"          - Shakespeare, 1 King Henry IV, Act III, Scene I.