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

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> 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.

As it happens I think I need this for the hashing code, so I will
include this patch when I resend the common/ series.

Regards,
Simon

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