[U-Boot] [PATCH] tftp: fix type of block arg to store_block

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear "Jayachandran C",

In message <1338961566-13389-1-git-send-email-jayachandranc at netlogicmicro.com> you wrote:
> The block argument for store_block can be -1 when the tftp sequence
> number rolls over (i.e TftpBlock == 0), so the first argument to
> store_block has to be of type 'int' instead of 'unsigned'.

What makes you think so?

> -store_block (unsigned block, uchar * src, unsigned len)
> +store_block (int block, uchar * src, unsigned len)
>  {
>  	ulong offset = block * TftpBlkSize + TftpBlockWrapOffset;

Block gets used to compute the offset into the storage area, so it
must never be negative.


I think your analysis must be flawed.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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