[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] allow flash "ranges" to default to end of flash

[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] allow flash "ranges" to default to end of flash

[Murray.Jensen at csiro.au]

This patch modifies the flash "range" code slightly to allow a range to
"default" to the "end of the bank". Currently, you must specify
"<first>-<last>" where <first> and <last> are sector numbers (zero based)
within the "bank". This code allows you to say "<first>-" and <last> will
default to the sector number of the last sector in the "bank". I thought
I needed this - but now I don't use it anymore. However, the code might
still be useful to someone. Cheers!
								Murray...
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[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] allow flash "ranges" to default to end of flash

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <29153.1120110630@gerd> you wrote:
> 
> This patch modifies the flash "range" code slightly to allow a range to
> "default" to the "end of the bank". Currently, you must specify
> "<first>-<last>" where <first> and <last> are sector numbers (zero based)
> within the "bank". This code allows you to say "<first>-" and <last> will

No, numbers don't have to be within one bank.

> default to the sector number of the last sector in the "bank". I thought
> I needed this - but now I don't use it anymore. However, the code might
> still be useful to someone. Cheers!

I will not include this patch as we have another,  IMHO  more  useful
extension  in  the  queue:  "first +size", so you can for example use
"era $(start) +$(filesize)".

> The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential or privileged.
> Any unauthorised use or disclosure is prohibited. If you have received this
> e-mail in error, please delete it immediately and notify Murray Jensen on

And I cannot use any stuff with such a "copyright" note anyway.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] allow flash "ranges" to default to end of flash

[Murray.Jensen at csiro.au]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:21:33 +0200, Wolfgang Denk writes:
>In message <29153.1120110630@gerd> you wrote:
>> 
>> This patch modifies the flash "range" code slightly to allow a range to
>> "default" to the "end of the bank". Currently, you must specify
>> "<first>-<last>" where <first> and <last> are sector numbers (zero based)
>> within the "bank". This code allows you to say "<first>-" and <last> will
>
>No, numbers don't have to be within one bank.

I wrote the code - even though it was a long time ago, my memory is that
they do in fact have to be within one bank. I left out a bit of the syntax,
it is actually "<bank>:<first>[-<last>]". The patch changes this to
"<bank>:<first>[-[<last>]]".

>I will not include this patch as we have another,  IMHO  more  useful
>extension  in  the  queue:  "first +size", so you can for example use
>"era $(start) +$(filesize)".

This can co-exist with the bank/sector notation.

>> The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential or privileged.
>> Any unauthorised use or disclosure is prohibited. If you have received this
>> e-mail in error, please delete it immediately and notify Murray Jensen on
>
>And I cannot use any stuff with such a "copyright" note anyway.

This isn't a "copyright note" (notice?). It is a standard disclaimer. I cannot
send public email from this account without it. See previous email. Cheers!
								Murray...
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Locked Bag No. 9, Preston, Vic, 3072, Australia.         Fax: +61 3 9662 7853
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[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] allow flash "ranges" to default to end of flash

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <7905.1120137280@huldra> you wrote:
>
> >> The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential or privileged.
> >> Any unauthorised use or disclosure is prohibited. If you have received this
> >> e-mail in error, please delete it immediately and notify Murray Jensen on
> >
> >And I cannot use any stuff with such a "copyright" note anyway.
> 
> This isn't a "copyright note" (notice?). It is a standard disclaimer. I cannot
> send public email from this account without it. See previous email. Cheers!

It is the ONLY information in your  whole  message  about  the  legal
state  of  the content. I must assume it does apply to your patch. It
it may be confidential information I cannot and will not use  it.  It
does  not  matter if you have any actual right to release GPLed stuff
under such a restrictive "license".

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] allow flash "ranges" to default to end of flash

[Murray.Jensen at csiro.au]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:40:17 +0200, Wolfgang Denk writes:
>It is the ONLY information in your  whole  message  about  the  legal
>state  of  the content. I must assume it does apply to your patch.

My thinking was that it *cannot* apply, since the code is modifications
to other code which was licenced under the GPL, hence the modifcations
must also be licenced under the GPL.

Anyway, I hate these standard disclaimers as much as you do (maybe more).
I will make it clear in future, so there is no doubt about the patches.

>it may be confidential information I cannot and will not use  it.  It
>does  not  matter if you have any actual right to release GPLed stuff
>under such a restrictive "license".

That was my point - CSIRO has no claim, therefore the disclaimer *cannot*
apply. Oh well - this wonderful brave new world of litigation we live in
means we all have to be lawyers, whether we like it or not. Cheers!
								Murray...
--
Murray Jensen, CSIRO Manufacturing & Infra. Tech.      Phone: +61 3 9662 7763
Locked Bag No. 9, Preston, Vic, 3072, Australia.         Fax: +61 3 9662 7853
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