[PATCH v2 1/4] mkimage: add a flag to describe whether -A is specified

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Mon Jun 28 01:42:58 CEST 2021


On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 06:17:27AM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
> 在 2021-06-27星期日的 13:32 -0600,Simon Glass写道:
> > Hi Icenowy,
> > 
> > On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 at 17:57, Icenowy Zheng <icenowy at aosc.io> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 在 2021-06-26星期六的 12:31 -0600,Simon Glass写道:
> > > > Hi Icenowy,
> > > > 
> > > > On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 at 03:19, Icenowy Zheng <icenowy at aosc.io>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > The sunxi_egon type used to take no -A argument (because we
> > > > > assume
> > > > > sunxi
> > > > > targets are all ARM). However, as Allwinner D1 appears as the
> > > > > first
> > > > > RISC-V sunxi target, we need to support -A; in addition, as
> > > > > external
> > > > > projects rely on U-Boot mkimage to generate sunxi eGON.BT0
> > > > > header,
> > > > > we
> > > > > need to keep compatibility with command line without -A.
> > > > > 
> > > > > As the default value of arch in mkimage is not proper
> > > > > (IH_ARCH_PPC
> > > > > instead of IH_ARCH_INVALID), to keep more compatibility, add an
> > > > > Aflag
> > > > > field to image parameters to describe whether an architecture
> > > > > is
> > > > > explicitly specified.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy at aosc.io>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > Changes in v2:
> > > > > - Added Tom Rini's Review tag.
> > > > 
> > > > This is not actually a change so should not appear in the log.
> > > > 
> > > > Also note 'patman status' can be used to automatically collect
> > > > these.
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >  tools/imagetool.h | 1 +
> > > > >  tools/mkimage.c   | 1 +
> > > > >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/tools/imagetool.h b/tools/imagetool.h
> > > > > index e229a34ffc..5dc28312c2 100644
> > > > > --- a/tools/imagetool.h
> > > > > +++ b/tools/imagetool.h
> > > > > @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct image_tool_params {
> > > > >         int pflag;
> > > > >         int vflag;
> > > > >         int xflag;
> > > > > +       int Aflag;
> > > > 
> > > > aflag
> > > 
> > > I think a problem is that -a is a different flag than -A.
> > > 
> > > -a is addr, -A is architecture.
> > 
> > Yes OK, but the code style doesn't allow capital letters, as I
> > understand it.
> > 
> > How about addr_flag ?
> 
> maybe we just call -a aflag, and -A arch_flag?

Frankly I think Aflag is the most readable option here.  They're all
literally ${FLAG_USE}flag variables, yes?  CamelCase isn't great, but
there's times where the most readable thing isn't always what we use
everywhere else.

-- 
Tom
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