[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/6] stdio: Clean up

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Marek,

In message <201209011619.06260.marex at denx.de> you wrote:
> 
> > > NOTE: I'm still working on the "compile tested on 2 different
> > > architectures"
...

> But all in all, I think exporting structures for others to access them as they 
> wish isn't the best of ideas. Therefore I encapsulated these into the file and 
> added accessors. The direction these patches take with STDIO and console.c stuff 
> in U-Boot is such that applying proper encapsulation will allow easier 
> conversion to the driver model stuff later. Yet I'm getting there with really 
> small steps as I need to be very careful here.

Then please drop the "dm:" part from the commit messages.

> > 2) It appears this might be a RFC series, so why isn't it maked as
> >    such in the Subject: ?
> 
> It's not RFC, why would it be RFC? I'm still working on the "NOTE" part though.

Well, either a patch is ready for submitting (which includes being
compile-clean), or it is not - in which case it might still be good
enough as a RFC.

You claim these patches are not ready yet, but they are not RFC
either.  What are they then?

> > 4) Besides the dead code removal - what exactly is the purpose of
> >    these patches?
> 
> Mostly see 1).

Then please document this in the commit message(s).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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