[U-Boot] [PATCH] Change the visible output for transfers to display hex numbers

[Alexander Holler]

Hello,

Am 25.01.2011 11:27, schrieb Wolfgang Denk:
> Dear Alexander Holler,
>
> In message<1295950537-12363-1-git-send-email-holler at ahsoftware.de>  you wrote:
>> When files were transfered the output is currently
>> -
>> Bytes transferred = 1976384 (1e2840 hex)
>> -
>> Using the decimal length as input for other commands conflicts with the
>> the default base of 16 needed.
>>
>> Change the output to
>> -
>> Bytes transferred = 0x1e2840 (1976384 bytes)
>> -
>> to reflect what should be used as input for other commands.
>
> In which way does this reflect what "should be used as input for other
> commands"?
>
> I don't even understand why you use this manually with copy&  paste.
>
> Why don't you simply refer to the ${filesize} variable?

TIMTOWTDI

> In any case, if you want to change this format, you must change _all_
> occurrences of it, i. e. include all the commands that load from
> external storage (ide, usb, scsi, sata, nand, dataflash, SPI-Flash,
> ...).

Than I prefer not to change something and live with that 
unorthogonality. Besides several READMEs, net/net.c is the only source where

git grep "Bytes transferred"

shows that such an output is used.

Regards,

Alexander