From: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] image: usage of value ~0UL for intrd_high
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 13:58:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210109185836.GJ2292@bill-the-cat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHp75VfO+DqXF4x8afEjBeWi2TPPFdRy-Cu2GB2JU5Dzajie9g@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Jan 09, 2021 at 08:47:07PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 8:06 PM Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > The comment for initrd_high in the coding and in README were contradicting
> > and neither fully described what the coding does.
> >
> > Clarify the usage of the special value ~0UL for the environment variable
> > initrd_high.
>
> All those F:s are hard to read in the comments and documentation and
> typo prone. I would prefer to rephrase like "all 1:s value in 32- or
> 64-bit format" or alike.
If we're going to improve this we should also note it's discouraged
unless you know for certain there will be no overlap and it's strongly
discouraged in default environments.
--
Tom
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-09 18:06 [PATCH 1/1] image: usage of value ~0UL for intrd_high Heinrich Schuchardt
2021-01-09 18:47 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-09 18:58 ` Tom Rini [this message]
2021-01-09 19:33 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2021-01-09 19:40 ` Tom Rini
2021-01-09 19:59 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2021-01-09 21:23 ` Tom Rini
2021-01-09 23:23 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2021-01-10 12:07 ` Adam Ford
2021-01-10 15:36 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-01-10 12:05 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2021-01-10 13:43 ` Tom Rini
2021-01-10 16:20 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2021-01-15 18:43 ` Tom Rini
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