[U-Boot] [PATCH V4 08/11] imximage: enable word writes for version2 header

Stefano Babic sbabic at denx.de
Tue Dec 4 09:23:32 CET 2012


On 28/11/2012 21:40, Troy Kisky wrote:
> On 11/28/2012 2:39 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>> Dear Troy Kisky,
>>
>> In message
>> <1354066303-29762-9-git-send-email-troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com> you
>> wrote:
>>> Before, only 1 write_dcd_command table was built.
>>> Now, a new table is built when the size changes.
>> I cannot see how the Subject: and the actual commit message (and code)
>> are related.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Wolfgang Denk
>>
> How about this for the commit message
> 
> Before, only 1 write_dcd_command table was built.
> Now, a new table is built when the size changes.
> 
> i.e. before this patch, the sequence
> DATA 4 0x83FD9014 0x00000000
> DATA 2 0x83FC8000 0x00fe
> 
> was only valid for Version 1 headers, now it is valid
> for Version 2 headers as well.

Much better ! Maybe you can also change the title of the patch, telling
that you are fixing a bug (the fact that first parameter was not
correctly interpreted for V2 *is* a bug). And the example explains very
well the issue.

> 
> Parameters were changed for set_dcd_val_t to accomplish
> this. So, set_dcd_val_v1 for version 1 was also slightly modified.
> But no new functionality was added for version 1.
> 
> No current config files use this functionality, but this patch
> removes more lines than it adds.


Best regards,
Stefano Babic


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