[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] MPC8308ERDB: minimal support for devboard from Freescale

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Jun 22 20:14:04 CEST 2010


Dear Ilya Yanok,

In message <4C1F5A54.4050908 at emcraft.com> you wrote:
> 
> > Entry to MAINTAINERS missing.
> 
> Should I add you as a maintainer or myself?

You did the actual work...

> >> +int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
> >> +{
> >> +	cpu_eth_init(bis);	/* Initialize TSECs first */
> >>      
> > I think it's wrong to ignore the return code here.
> 
> What makes you think so? What can we do with the return code here? Print 
> warning? If we return error from board_eth_init() calling code will call 
> cpu_eth_init() again which is useless as we have already called it.

> >> +	return pci_eth_init(bis);

My understanding is that pci_eth_init() and board_eth_init() return
the number of NIC's found - should that number not include the number
of successfully initialized TSECs?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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