[U-Boot] [RFC PATCH v2 15/15] bootstage: arm: Add bootstage calls in board and bootm

[Simon Glass]

Hi Mike,

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sunday 08 January 2012 12:43:09 Simon Glass wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> > On Saturday 10 December 2011 16:08:07 Simon Glass wrote:
>> >> --- a/arch/arm/lib/bootm.c
>> >> +++ b/arch/arm/lib/bootm.c
>> >>
>> >>  static void announce_and_cleanup(void)
>> >>  {
>> >>       printf("\nStarting kernel ...\n\n");
>> >> +     bootstage_mark_name(BOOTSTAGE_ID_BOOTM_HANDOFF, "start_kernel");
>> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT
>> >> +     bootstage_report();
>> >> +#endif
>> >
>> > shouldn't the header make bootstage_report() into a stub when
>> > CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT isn't defined ?  then you won't need the ifdef
>> > protection here.
>>
>> Well maybe. I am hoping for a link error if someone calls it without
>> defining that CONFIG. Otherwise it could be very confusing for people
>> that they can't get a report!
>
> i'm not sure we need worry about that

I have had another look at this. The idea is that anyone can call
bootstage_report() to get a report, but if they define
CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT then one is printing automatically by U-Boot
just before jumping to the kernel.

So I don't want this define to remove the ability to print a report,
just to enable printing a report at a time which is hopefully
suitable.

Does that make sense?

Regards,
Simon

> -mike