[U-Boot] [PATCH] mx6sabre_common: Avoid console hang due to small CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE

[Josh Wu]

Hi, Dear Fabio

On 5/19/2014 10:02 AM, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> From: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at freescale.com>
>
> Entering the maximum number of characters defined by CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE into
> the console and hitting enter afterwards, causes a hang in the system because
> CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE is not capable of storing the characters of the error message:
> "Unknown command '' - try 'help'"
>
> Increase the size of CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE so that it can store the error message
> and allows the error message to be printed correctly with no hang.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at freescale.com>
> ---
> This problem affects many boards.

This hang up can be reproduced in at91sam9m10g45ek board.

>
> Maybe a global fix is to add a CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE entry into config_fallbacks
> and remove its definition from the board config files when it is defined as:

I think this way is a really fix for the issue.  So it's better to 
generate such a patch to fix it for many boards in U-Boot.

Best Regards,
Josh Wu

> #define CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE (CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE + sizeof(CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT) + 16)
>
> or even when it is equal to CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE.
>
>   include/configs/mx6sabre_common.h | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/configs/mx6sabre_common.h b/include/configs/mx6sabre_common.h
> index e59a3b4..6017a20 100644
> --- a/include/configs/mx6sabre_common.h
> +++ b/include/configs/mx6sabre_common.h
> @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
>   #define CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE              256
>   
>   /* Print Buffer Size */
> -#define CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE (CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE + sizeof(CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT) + 16)
> +#define CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE		384
>   #define CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS             16
>   #define CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE
>