On Friday 17 July 2009 02:12:45 Dave Mitchell wrote: > >> Keep in mind the processor UM documentation section that covers these > >> boot methods is labeled "Bootstrap Operations". It refers the registers > >> that the EEPROM values populate as "bootstrap registers", etc. > > > > Yes, I know. But then, bootstrapping [1] is really a name with a > > _very_ fuzzy meaning. It can be anything. The fact thay it was chosen > > in the UM documentation does't make it better - in U-Boot context I > > think about other activities, and in Linux context yet about other > > things. > > In general, the term does have a "fuzzy" meaning. But within the AMCC > 4xx processors, it does not. And we are talking about a command that > would only be available to AMCC 4xx processors. > > A command that's been in use on several U-Boot 4xx ports for some time.
I'm aware of this fact. And changing this name is of course non-optimal. But from my point of view, the advantages of enhancing this command and making it easier usable/portable for all 4xx boards overweight this disadvantage. Best regards, Stefan ===================================================================== DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-0 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: off...@denx.de ===================================================================== _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
