On 03/20/2012 05:22 PM, Simon Glass wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Graeme Russ <graeme.r...@gmail.com> wrote: ... >> OK, so what about in panic(): >> - If gd->have_console is not set: >> o call the board specific setup_panic_uarts() >> o call print_pre_console_buffer() passing panic_putc() >> o call panic_putc() for all characters in str[] >> - If gd->have_console is set: >> o call putc() for all characters in str[] >> >> setup_panic_uarts() and panic_putc() are overriden in the board files > > I think this is where we got to last time. > > The act of calling this pre-console panic function is destructive - it > may hang the board and output data to UARTs.
Why would it hang? Well, I assume you're talking about hanging before actually emitting the panic text, rather than looping afterwards as a deliberate choice. I'd consider an accidental hang that prevented the message being seen as a bug. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
