From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] What is the difference between /lib and /common
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:03:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110601200332.F167ACEFB4E@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DE0D3C2.50004@gmail.com>
Dear Graeme Russ,
In message <4DE0D3C2.50004@gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> A quick question for you - What defines what belongs in /lib versus /common?
/lib should be stuff that is called from (several, many) other files,
while /common is architecture independent code like the central main
loop, command handlers, etc.
> I get that cmd* and env* belong in /common (U-Boot specific) and crc, zlib,
> gunzip, qsort etc belong in /lib (generic)
Correct.
> But others are a bit grey like malloc in /common and display_options() in /lib
s/grey/wrong/
> The reason I ask is to know where to put the new timer API - I'm thinking
> /lib/time.c with udelay() makes the most sense
Agreed.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-28 10:51 [U-Boot] What is the difference between /lib and /common Graeme Russ
2011-05-28 14:53 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-06-01 20:03 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
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