On 6 February 2014 13:42, Peter Stuge <pe...@stuge.se> wrote: > Paul Fertser wrote: >> > I think it's a bad thing to teach any users to use ftdi/ if that >> > directory is intended to ever go away. >> >> I'm not anyone to decide, but my personal preference would be for it >> to stay forever. ... I think it's easier to have them grouped >> together for OpenOCD-related development. > > I would like to get rid of the subdirectory so that the config file > layout is uniform again. > > I don't think it's neccessarily bad to introduce structure among the > files but.. > > >> I'd prefer to avoid changing any project openocd.cfg configs again > > ..remember that you are an early adopter. What about the users who > have interface/$file.cfg in their configs? They'll get a warning.. > > >> > > those users that are already using ft2232 are not having real issues >> > > (since they're using it) so why break it for them? >> >> > Because nobody wants to (and rightfully so!) spend more time on the >> > ft2232 code, and it is old cruft. >> >> User complaints do not make anybody spend more time on the code, but I >> agree writing another email to explain them ft2232 deprecation takes >> time. Hopefully, that won't be needed often after the runtime warning >> is merged. I also hope windows users will read README.Windows before >> asking. > > ..when instead they could be using the new and improved driver > without having to change anything. >
Except they would have to change the driver used. I think having them in the ftdi sub directory keeps the cfgs cleaner. To be honest if it was not for windows users we would have probably removed the ft2232 support a while ago, however at work I am also one of those users that sometimes needs to use the ftd2xx driver to access an adapter. Cheers Spen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ OpenOCD-devel mailing list OpenOCD-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openocd-devel
