[U-Boot] [PATCH PPC_4xx V3] Print simple row of dots instead of spinning wheel

[Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>]

Hi Wolfgang,

On Friday 31 October 2008, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Of course the end result looks better. There is no doubt about  that.
> But  it  has  disadvantages, too. With the row of dots you can easily
> see how long you've been waiting  -  this  visualizes  variations  in
> timing  behaviour  that  may  be  indications  for  problems; also it
> clearly shows where we have to wait too long,  i.  e.  where  optimi-
> zations are needed.
>
> > I understand that the spinning wheel is not optimal for logfiles, but for
> > the normal usage it just looks nicer for my taste. So I would prefer to
> > stay with the spinning wheel, but if you decide that the 4xx DDR2
> > calibration mustn't use this, then let's apply your patch for the
> > cpu/ppc4xx files.
>
> It is my understanding that a rework of this code is under way  which
> will  avoid  the  long delay for the standard boot sequence (and only
> need it for board bringup or  intentional  recalibration).

Are you talking about storing the optimized autocalibration values in FLASH, 
as discussed on IRC some time ago? I don't know if somebody is working on 
this. I only know that AMCC is working on a fix for the autocalibration on 
Kilauea. Not sure if this effects the bootup time, I can only hope it does.

> For  this 
> purpose, the row of dots is IMHO more useful than the spinning wheel.
>
> Assuming my understanding is correct (is it?), then we could fix this
> now as well.

Again, if you decide that that's the way to go, then I will not object.

Best regards,
Stefan

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