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

[Stephen Warren]

On 05/12/2016 02:47 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> 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?

As you say, it's best not to change the cmdline syntax to avoid 
compatibility issues. I think we can ignore this; in the context of a 
bootloader command-line, I'd expect "reset" to do a system reset, and 
any debug commands related to any new reset subsystem (if there end up 
being any) to get some other name that's a bit less of a "land grab" for 
a common name.