[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: mxs: Make the console buffer smaller

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Mon Jun 17 15:13:12 CEST 2013


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de> wrote:
> Hallo Marek,
>
> On 17/06/2013 14:51, Marek Vasut wrote:
>
>>> I am missing something: which is the real advantage to reduce the
>>> console buffer ? I do not think that the saved memory is worth, and on
>>> the other side more elaborated scripts (usings nested if-then-else) are
>>> quite long nowadays.
>>
>> True, but so far they didn't overflow this limit I believe. Some of them are
>> hanging on the verge of blowing it though, good point.
>
> I think that a point to consider is if all scripts are already provided
> or we let the user/owner of the board to add his own scripts, as I
> presume. It is pity if he cannot do what u-boot really supports only to
> save some bytes.

I think this is more than enough to justify a bigger buffer.


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