[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 10/10] mx23_olinuxino: Add ethernet support

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Thu Feb 14 19:24:39 CET 2013


On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Otavio Salvador,
>
>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>> > Dear Otavio Salvador,
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>> >> > Dear Otavio Salvador,
>> >> >
>> >> >> This adds support to the LAN9512 chip included in the board and
>> >> >> extend the environment to easy netboot use.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br>
>> >> >
>> >> > You completely ignored previous discussion to make this ethernet
>> >> > thingie part of the previous patch.
>> >>
>> >> I made the HUB part of the previous patch; I don't agree in moving
>> >> ethernet to there.
>> >
>> > The ethernet is integral part of the hub chip. This approach you take
>> > here breaks bisectability.
>>
>> It does not; in case you do bisect you'll be able to build and run
>> both revisions; it'll be a matter of one more 'bad' command call. I
>> prefer to keep it split as it is much easier for someone reading the
>> history to stop what has been done.
>
> Yes, you're adding only part of the support in one patch and the other part in
> another patch. It makes no sense to me.

I think the environment changes are part of the ethernet support; do
you wish me to merge it all together? I'd prefer to leave it as is.

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Otavio Salvador                             O.S. Systems
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