[U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] NAND: Add scrub.quiet command option

Wolfgang Denk
2011-09-12T18:37:47Z

Dear Marek Vasut,

In message <201109121945.17407.marek.vasut@gmail.com> you wrote:
> On Monday, September 12, 2011 06:45:43 PM Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Monday, September 12, 2011 00:04:10 Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > This allows the scrub command to scrub without asking the user if he
> > > really wants to scrub the area. Useful in scripts.
> >
> > "quiet" and "skip user input" are two different things. can you use a more
> > clean option like accepting "-y" to the "scrub" subcommand ?
>
> I'd prefer to have this hidden from common users as much as possible.

This is probably well-intentioned, but keep in mind old (and good!)
Unix rules like:

"UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because
that would also stop you from doing clever things." - Doug Gwyn

Don't try hiding stuff - others might find it useful.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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