From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Cc: "U-Boot Mailing List" <u-boot@lists.denx.de>,
"Eugeniu Rosca" <erosca@de.adit-jv.com>,
"Roland Gaudig" <roland.gaudig@weidmueller.com>,
"Heinrich Schuchardt" <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>,
"Stefan Herbrechtsmeier" <stefan.herbrechtsmeier@weidmueller.com>,
"Sean Anderson" <seanga2@gmail.com>,
"Marek Behún" <marek.behun@nic.cz>,
"Tom Rini" <trini@konsulko.com>, "Marek Vasut" <marex@denx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/15] RFC: lib: Support a binary prefix 0y
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:48:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1080272.1626947310@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPnjgZ0i0BQbP_BOESVazq=1o-2otvKoecVt0n+DrJdkZgrJAg@mail.gmail.com>
Dear Simon,
In message <CAPnjgZ0i0BQbP_BOESVazq=1o-2otvKoecVt0n+DrJdkZgrJAg@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > But ... do we really *need* all this stuff?
>
> No...
>
> I added binary as an RFC because I have found a few cases where it is
> nice to be able to specify the bits (e.g. programming GPIOs). We could
> update 'md' to support it too.
Yes, we could, but U-Boot size is continuously growing, even for
constant configurations, i. e. when no nmew features are
wanted/needed.
> I added octal as an RFC since the current impl is almost never
> available (only when 0 is parted to simple_strtoul()) which seems odd.
I can't see how this should work...
> Well, yes. Perhaps we should just drop octal?
Drop? AFAICT we never supported octal. Something like "md 040" will
start dumping at 0x00000040, right?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-22 9:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-20 13:29 [PATCH 00/15] lib: Add support for a decimal 0m prefix for numbers Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 01/15] hash: Ensure verification hex pairs are terminated Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 02/15] global: Convert simple_strtoul() with hex to hextoul() Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 03/15] global: Convert simple_strtoul() with decimal to dectoul() Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 04/15] lib: Comment the base parameter with simple_strtoul/l() Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 05/15] lib: Drop unnecessary check for hex digit Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 06/15] lib: Add tests for simple_strtoull() Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 07/15] lib: Add octal tests for simple_strtoul/l() Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 08/15] lib: Move common digit-parsing code into a function Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 09/15] doc: Convert command-line info to rST Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 10/15] doc: Add a note about number representation Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 11/15] lib: Allow using 0x when a decimal value is requested Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 12/15] lib: Support a decimal prefix 0m Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 13/15] RFC: lib: Support a binary prefix 0y Simon Glass
2021-07-21 8:05 ` Sean Anderson
2021-07-21 8:30 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-07-21 8:27 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-07-21 14:23 ` Simon Glass
2021-07-22 9:48 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2021-07-22 13:28 ` Simon Glass
2021-07-22 14:44 ` Tom Rini
2021-07-23 3:07 ` Simon Glass
2021-07-23 6:55 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-07-23 21:41 ` Simon Glass
2021-07-24 13:00 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 14/15] RFC: lib: Use 0o prefix for octal Simon Glass
2021-07-20 13:29 ` [PATCH 15/15] RFC: Change simple_strtoul() et al to default to hex Simon Glass
2021-07-20 14:22 ` [PATCH 00/15] lib: Add support for a decimal 0m prefix for numbers Tom Rini
2021-07-20 15:57 ` Simon Glass
2021-07-20 16:05 ` Tom Rini
2021-07-20 16:30 ` Eugeniu Rosca
2021-07-20 18:33 ` Simon Glass
2021-07-20 19:28 ` Tom Rini
2021-07-21 13:57 ` Simon Glass
2021-07-21 7:52 ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-07-21 14:46 ` Simon Glass
2021-07-23 21:41 ` Simon Glass
2021-07-20 15:00 ` Jonathan A. Kollasch
2021-07-20 15:04 ` Tom Rini
2021-07-21 7:42 ` Wolfgang Denk
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