[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 01/10] x86: Change board baud_rate to ulong

[Simon Glass]

Hi Wolfgang,

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Simon Glass,
>
> In message <1349910781-32088-2-git-send-email-sjg at chromium.org> you wrote:
>> This is a ulong for some architectures and just unsigned for others.
>> Change x86 to be consistent.
>
> Given the limited range for this variable it makes no sense to use a
> long for this.  Please fix this the other way round, i. e. change the
> architectures that use a long.

OK I will send out a series that changes them to unsigned long.

This sort of thing relates to the unified board init series I was
working on earlier it the year, since then all archs can use the same
structures for generic fields like baud rate. I hope to get back to
that one day.

Regards,
Simon

>
> Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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