[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.
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Best Regards,
Eugeniu
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