[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 3/8] cmd: bootimg: Add bootimg command

Eugeniu Rosca erosca at de.adit-jv.com
Thu Dec 5 11:36:29 CET 2019


On Thu, Dec 05, 2019 at 04:17:38AM +0200, Aleksandr Bulyshchenko wrote:
>    Hello Sam,
>    I'd like to add my 5 cents regarding separating dtimg start|size into 3
>    subcommands
> 
>  dtimg start index <num> <addr> [varname]
>  dtimg start id <num> <addr> [varname]
>  dtimg start rev <num> <addr> [varname]
> 
>    While I don't see real usecases for combining index with id or rev (if
>    someone applies metainformation to dtb entries for meaningful lookup,
>    identical entries most probably mean copy-paste error),
>    but at the same time I see space for at least two-factor identification
>    (e.g. model and revision).
>    Thus API should allow (but not require) combining id and rev.
>    The same remains relevant for abootimg as well.

[shameless plug] Agreed with Aleksandr. Users will want to provide <id>
and <rev> (and possibly cust[0-4] in future) in one go/command launch.

-- 
Best Regards,
Eugeniu


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