[U-Boot] [PATCH V2 1/2] cmd_mmc: eliminate device num in the mmc command

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Andy Fleming,

In message <BANLkTimmtV9L9P75A-PLez5rhVy4hYg=gA at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > From now on, follow the general rule "mmc dev [dev]" to change the
> > mmc command applied device, like ide and usb...
...
> I'd really prefer if there were still the option to specify the device
> in the read/write commands. I appreciate the convenience of not having
> to specify it every time, but I feel that by doing things this way, we
> create an artificial separation between a transaction, and the target
> of the transaction. It tends to encourage a notion that a transaction
> can only be done to the global-current device, which is fine for
> command-line interfaces, but can result in broken programming
> interfaces

PLease see the preceeding thread for the reasons for this interface
(make it the same as what we have with USB, IDE, etc.).

Yes, it is not a nice one.  We really want a beter device model.

[I agree with the rest of your comments, though.]

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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