From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Detlev Zundel Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:28:36 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] Hardware diagnosis for inka4x0 boards. In-Reply-To: <20081209235725.51AFB834B020@gemini.denx.de> (Wolfgang Denk's message of "Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:57:25 +0100") References: <1227214731-19542-1-git-send-email-ap@denx.de> <20081209235725.51AFB834B020@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Hi Wolfgang, >> This patch adds diagnosis functions for the buzzer, UARTs and digital > > Such hardware test code should be implemented as part of the POST > system, i. e. please create a post/board/inka4x0/ directory for it, > and make it part of the POST. But these tests cannot be part of any Power On Self Test as some of them are interactive. They were designed with the serial port being scripted - thus yielding an automated setup as a whole, but still such scripting is needed. So I still see these tests to belong into the board directory. Cheers Detlev -- But solicitors and stockbrokers and bookmakers often lead comfortable and happy lives, and it is very difficult to see how the world is richer for their existence. -- G. H. Hardy -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-40 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: dzu at denx.de