From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:33:28 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] cmdline: Add linux command line munging tools In-Reply-To: References: <1319063459-4804-1-git-send-email-dianders@chromium.org> <20111020143659.F32E914094B3@gemini.denx.de> <201110201315.04790.vapier@gentoo.org> Message-ID: <20111020193328.E6FEF158D103@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Dear Doug Anderson, In message you wrote: > > ...then, we can decide if we want to add the abstract munging tools and > where to add them (either a separate lib/cmdline.c file or direct into > bootm). If you want them, I'll submit a patch with all of your review > feedback addressed and a second patch to change fixup_silent_linux() to use > them (with a better description). As I wrote before: if such a feature should be added, then please in a generally useful and usable way, not special-cased for specific operations on a single special variable only. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de Comparing information and knowledge is like asking whether the fatness of a pig is more or less green than the designated hitter rule." - David Guaspari