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From: Jerry Van Baren <gerald.vanbaren@ge.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] TI DaVinci: Remove references to SZ_xx
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:07:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AA6B98B.2040502@ge.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17434f2e0909081228g626feae2s1bac3bbcedabd2c6@mail.gmail.com>

J.C. Wren wrote:
> I saw this comment: "Also i gather from e-mails on the list that Wolfgang
> does not like these references to "SZ_xx".  Maybe that discussion took place
> before I joined the list.
> 
> If he wants it that way, fine.  But that doesn't explain the "why".  What's
> so offensive about the SZ_* defines?
> 
> --jc

Hi J.C.,

The SZ_* defines turns a simple math problem into a two finger 
problem... every time you see them, you need to put your finger in the 
code and look them up, only to find (1 << n), have to stick a second 
finger in the code, and have to do the math anyway.

One REALLY BAD problem is that idiots have been known to mis-define them 
rather than fix the code that uses them (seriously!).  By using (1 << 
20) directly, it removes that temptation.

A lesser problem is that they don't do anything, you still have to 
figure out that 1 << 20 is 1MiB.  All they do is defer the pain.

You will also find other silliness, e.g. generating SZ_31M:
<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/27048/focus=27139>
This silliness is the road to insanity: SZ_30M and SZ_29M and 
SZ_28.125M. (OK, I exaggerated on that last one.  It would actually be 
SZ_28_125M.)

HTH,
gvb

[snip]

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-09-08 20:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-08 18:24 [U-Boot] [PATCH] TI DaVinci: Remove references to SZ_xx s-paulraj at ti.com
2009-09-08 18:50 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-09-08 18:56   ` Paulraj, Sandeep
2009-09-08 19:04     ` Paulraj, Sandeep
2009-09-08 20:34       ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-09-08 19:09     ` Tom
2009-09-08 19:14       ` J.C. Wren
2009-09-08 19:20         ` Paulraj, Sandeep
2009-09-08 19:28           ` J.C. Wren
2009-09-08 19:38             ` Paulraj, Sandeep
2009-09-08 20:07             ` Jerry Van Baren [this message]
2009-09-08 20:12               ` J.C. Wren
2009-09-08 20:41                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-09-08 21:13                   ` Jerry Van Baren
2009-09-08 21:21                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2009-09-09  2:45                       ` Jerry Van Baren

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