Re: [U-Boot] [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Allow console input to be disabled

2008-08-11 Thread Haavard Skinnemoen
Mark Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Haavard Skinnemoen wrote: > > Wolfgang Denk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> So how about introducing a new flag, e.g. GD_FLG_DISABLE_CONSOLE, and > >>> use that instead? If set, it will disable both input and output, while > >>> GD_FLG_SILENT will just dis

Re: [U-Boot] [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Allow console input to be disabled

2008-08-11 Thread Mark Jackson
Haavard Skinnemoen wrote: > Wolfgang Denk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> So how about introducing a new flag, e.g. GD_FLG_DISABLE_CONSOLE, and >>> use that instead? If set, it will disable both input and output, while >>> GD_FLG_SILENT will just disable console output. >> Sounds much better to me

Re: [U-Boot] [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Allow console input to be disabled

2008-08-11 Thread Haavard Skinnemoen
Wolfgang Denk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But I guess there's another side-effect from this patch which is > > somewhat more nasty: The user can _also_ disable the debug port by > > simply setting an environment variable. That might be a bad idea, and > > probably not even necessary for Mark's p

Re: [U-Boot] [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Allow console input to be disabled

2008-08-11 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Haavard Skinnemoen, In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > The intention is to allow boards to use a single serial port for two > purposes: Communicating with some other device (which will get really > confused if u-boot interferes) and as a debug port. The user/developer > must have