[U-Boot] [PATCH] Rename reset to sysreset

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu May 12 22:47:18 CEST 2016


Dear Stephen,

In message <1463076215-27228-1-git-send-email-swarren at wwwdotorg.org> you wrote:
> 
> The current reset API implements a method to reset the entire system.
> In the near future, I'd like to introduce code that implements the device
> tree reset bindings; i.e. the equivalent of the Linux kernel's reset API.
> This controls resets to individual HW blocks or external chips with reset
> signals. It doesn't make sense to merge the two APIs into one since they
> have different semantic purposes. Resolve the naming conflict by renaming
> the existing reset API to sysreset instead, so the new reset API can be
> called just reset.

What about the "reset" command?  This cannot be easily renamed (not
without breaking backward compatibility).  Do you feel this is an
issue, or can we just ignore that here?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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