[U-Boot] Manual is out of date, missing commands and information

[U-Boot] Manual is out of date, missing commands and information

[Nathan Holder]

This manual http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/Manual
is out of date and missing a lot of info.
I have been using it thinking it was the official manual.
But then I learned many commands are not listed there.
Please take down the manual so that people don't mistakenly use it thinking it is correct.
-Nate
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[U-Boot] Manual is out of date, missing commands and information

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Nathan,

In message <DM2PR0801MB074718634A75D114D3D5CD52B3E20@DM2PR0801MB0747.namprd08.prod.outlook.com> you wrote:
> This manual http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/Manual
> is out of date and missing a lot of info.
> I have been using it thinking it was the official manual.

It is. And it is organized  in the form of a wiki, where each and
every U-Boot user has the opportnity to contribute, to fix bugs and
to add missing parts.

> But then I learned many commands are not listed there.

Well, maybe you could help and add what you find is missing?

> Please take down the manual so that people don't mistakenly use it thinking it is correct.

This is IMO a stupid request.  Incomplete documentation is still
better than no documentation at all.  Instead of complaining it
would be more helpful if you supporteed the community by adding to
and improving the documentation.

Thanks.

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,      Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk
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
If you can't explain it to a six year old, you  don't  understand  it
yourself.                                           - Albert Einstein

[U-Boot] Manual is out of date, missing commands and information

[Nathan Holder]

Hi Wolfgang,

So I wrote that when I thought there were better guides online somewhere. I
haven't found any more complete guides. Maybe that is intentional? Surely
there is some guide out there, either for free or not.

Also sorry for the emails with the confidentiality statement. I forgot it
was there...

-Nate

Dear Nathan,



In message <
DM2PR0801MB074718634A75D114D3D5CD52B3E20@DM2PR0801MB0747.namprd08.prod.outlook.com>
you wrote:

> This manual http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/Manual

> is out of date and missing a lot of info.

> I have been using it thinking it was the official manual.



It is. And it is organized  in the form of a wiki, where each and every
U-Boot user has the opportnity to contribute, to fix bugs and to add
missing parts.



> But then I learned many commands are not listed there.



Well, maybe you could help and add what you find is missing?



> Please take down the manual so that people don't mistakenly use it
thinking it is correct.



This is IMO a stupid request.  Incomplete documentation is still better
than no documentation at all.  Instead of complaining it would be more
helpful if you supporteed the community by adding to and improving the
documentation.



Thanks.



Wolfgang Denk

[U-Boot] Manual is out of date, missing commands and information

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Nathan,

In message <CAGdamPDuwmr3Lqt+w6tZ4tdvH4VvtEmAcqqEnJ=T1-NWtmsGvg@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> So I wrote that when I thought there were better guides online somewhere. I
> haven't found any more complete guides. Maybe that is intentional?

Intentional?  Not sure if you want to insinuate anything here, or
what.  I think it's just a manifestation of the usual situation that
developers find it more interesting to hack on the code, and they
don't need much documentation because they live with the code day by
day - and the users, on the other hand, tend to complain only and
not contribute back.

> Surely there is some guide out there, either for free or not.

If you find anything better than the DULG please lt us know (or,
even better, help to improve the manual).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,      Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk
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
The last thing one knows in constructing a work is what to put first.
- Blaise Pascal