[U-Boot] Discussion topics / issues

[Jeroen Hofstee]

Hello Wolfgang / Albert / others,

On 10-10-14 16:04, Jeroen Hofstee wrote:
> Hello Wolfgang,
>
> On 10-10-14 14:22, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>>> It does not mention puts() vs. printf(), if it is indeed meant to be
>>> u-boot policy.
>> This is not just U-Boot philosophy, but something that I would
>> consider a matter of course when writing code - using the appropriate
>> tools for the task at hand.  If all you want to do is sendout a
>> constant string to the utput device, there is no need to invoke a
>> function that provides fancy formatting options.
>>
>> Don't we always try to use the smallest, most efficient tool that is
>> suited for a task?
>
> calling printf("%s\n", "string") gets translated into puts by the
> compiler. There should be no difference in the binary.

mumbles: while this is true in general it won't hold for u-boot since
-ffreestanding disables such rewrites and u-boot is compiled with that
flag. On the bright side, perhaps I educated some people a bit that they
are wasting time rewriting such lines in normal, hosted applications.

Regards,
Jeroen