[U-Boot] [PATCH v6 2/2] NET: Add net_busy_flag

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Fri Jul 19 01:37:49 CEST 2013


Dear Stephen Warren,

> On 07/18/2013 08:15 AM, Jim Lin wrote:
> > This flag is to have console aware that NET transfer is running or not.
> 
> I actually wonder if the shell interpreter or command-invocation code
> (to cover automatic bootcmd?) shouldn't set this flag before invoking
> every command, and clear it afterward? Or perhaps, a flag should be
> added to commands that would benefit from this flag being set?

Not a bad idea, but then this might be also needed for USB if the transfer is 
long etc etc
 
> But this patch is probably a reasonable way to implement it in the first
> place, so we don't add complex infra-structure if it turns out that
> nothing else is going to require this feature.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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