[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 6/17] Reorganize and fix problems (returns) in the bootm command.

Jerry Van Baren
2007-07-05T23:46:46Z

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <468D0E3D.3000308@freescale.com> you wrote:
>> Jerry Van Baren wrote:
>> > We've smashed our underpinnings by uncompressing linux over our
>> > interrupt vectors before the checksum catches the problem. There is no
>> > way back other than a reset.
>>
>> Can you include this explanation as a comment in the code at the exact point this occurs?
>
> Ummm... what exactly is not clear enough with this comment in
> "common/cmd_bootm.c":
>
> /*
> * We have reached the point of no return: we are going to
> * overwrite all exception vector code, so we cannot easily
> * recover from any failures any more...
> */
>
> ??? Do you need additional explanations? What should be added?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk

Maybe if we enhanced the comment so it catches the eye of your average
geek. Perhaps one of these:
<http://www.chris.com/ASCII/art/html/nakedladies.html>
Of course, we would have to do #ifdef MALE around it...

;-)

gvb (who missed the comment himself, the first time around)