[U-Boot] [PATCH V3 30/32] mx6qsabrelite: change CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT

Eric Nelson eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com
Tue Oct 9 00:21:49 CEST 2012


On 10/08/2012 02:58 PM, Troy Kisky wrote:
> On 10/8/2012 6:54 AM, Stefano Babic wrote:
>> On 05/10/2012 01:28, Troy Kisky wrote:
>>> On 10/3/2012 8:00 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Troy Kisky
>>>> <troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com> wrote:
>>>>> The prompt is not appropriate if not running on
>>>>> a mx6q processor.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Troy Kisky <troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com>
>>>> But in this case the board name will change, no?
>>>>
>>> No, patch 29/32 sets the new boards to use the same config file
>>> (mx6qsabrelite.h) only adding ",MX6DL" or ",MX6S" or ",MX6Q"
>>> to the end of the line in boards.cfg
>> This means that CONFIG_MX6Dx is set. You can use it to set appropriately
>> the prompt or use a more generic name including the board name, as
>> "MX6SABRELITE U-Boot > ". The board is always the same, what is
>
> I can live with "MX6SABRELITE U-Boot" but I prefer a plain "U-Boot".
> The rest seems a waste of screen real estate. The long u-boot commands
> are more likely to wrap. Anyone else have an opinion???
>

I'm with you, for selfish reasons.

When I write up instructions like these, things tend to wrap
with the longer prompt (so I usually hand-edit them):

	http://boundarydevices.com/configuring-i-mx6-machines-different-screens-nitrogen6x-sabre-lite/#timesys

The marketing value of MX6SABRELITE is pretty small when someone as one on
their desk.

Regards,


Eric


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