[U-Boot] [PATCH] Add bootstrap command

Stefan Roese
2009-07-17T04:38:46Z

On Friday 17 July 2009 02:12:45 Dave Mitchell wrote:
> >> Keep in mind the processor UM documentation section that covers these
> >> boot methods is labeled "Bootstrap Operations". It refers the registers
> >> that the EEPROM values populate as "bootstrap registers", etc.
> >
> > Yes, I know. But then, bootstrapping [1] is really a name with a
> > _very_ fuzzy meaning. It can be anything. The fact thay it was chosen
> > in the UM documentation does't make it better - in U-Boot context I
> > think about other activities, and in Linux context yet about other
> > things.
>
> In general, the term does have a "fuzzy" meaning. But within the AMCC
> 4xx processors, it does not. And we are talking about a command that
> would only be available to AMCC 4xx processors.
>
> A command that's been in use on several U-Boot 4xx ports for some time.

I'm aware of this fact. And changing this name is of course non-optimal. But
from my point of view, the advantages of enhancing this command and making it
easier usable/portable for all 4xx boards overweight this disadvantage.

Best regards,
Stefan

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