[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3] Add stricmp() and strnicmp()

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Albert ARIBAUD
<albert.u.boot at aribaud.net> wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
>> OK, messaged received loud and clear. It does require a change of
>> process at my end - now I have to find relationships between commits
>> in different series going to different maintainers and try to tie them
>> together. Just one more thing to worry about.
>
> Consider a 'paradigm shift' here: instead of building series according
> to intended custodians, one builds them according to functional
> relationship. If a series needs one custodian more than the others,
> he'll take it and ask for the others' ack. If there's a tie, this can be
> resolved between custodians. If one foresees a tie, then one can
> proactively suggest a resolution.
>
>> But I understand your concern that, in fact, if there is no user
>> immediately forthcoming, then it will just sit there and no one will
>> notice if it is dead code.
>>
>> BTW, is there any easy way to obtain build-coverage information for
>> U-Boot? In other words, can we easily find code that is not enabled by
>> any existing board? That might be an interesting investigation.
>
> Seconded -- with the added note that we need coverage across all
> architectures.

This patch is needed by new exynos memory init code. I am copying
Hatim so that he is aware that it will need to be sent as part of his
memory init series, which I believe is coming soon.

We can leave this for now.

Regards,
Simon

>
>> Regards,
>> Simon
>
> Amicalement,
> --
> Albert.