[U-Boot] [PATCH v3] README: Add handy kermit primer

Karl O. Pinc kop at meme.com
Mon Oct 1 17:11:56 CEST 2012


Signed-off-by: Karl O. Pinc <kop at meme.com>
---
 README |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

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On 09/02/2012 10:47:45 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> In message <1344017124-5749-1-git-send-email-kop at meme.com> you wrote:
> > Add doc/README.kermit.
> > 
> > Mention in README.

> doc/README.kermit.
> 
> Instead of adding a new file, place the URL to the wiki page here.

Ok.  Done.

> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/doc/README.kermit
> > @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
> > +Copied from the U-Boot wiki,
> > +http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
> > +on 2012-08-03.
> 
> This makes no sense to me.  Copying the text just means we have to
> maintain the same information in two places, which never works.

My thought was that no matter _what_ you do you have to maintain
the same information in two places -- the wiki url is subject
to change and any files in the source distribution will have
to be updated as the url changes.  Since we have to periodically
bring the source distribution in line with the wiki anyway,
may as well copy the relvent text as well.  It's hardly
any more work to keep up to date and at least the person
with the source will always have something, presumably
more useful that an outdated url, at hand.  The wiki
text will change more rapidly than the url; my thought
was that the current text will remain useful regardless
and if the url is referenced there's always the option
of getting something more current.


diff --git a/README b/README
index af76b0c..754e75a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4688,7 +4688,10 @@ Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
-use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
+use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).  See 
+http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
+for help with kermit.
+
 
 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
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1.7.2.5



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