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

2008-08-11 Thread Haavard Skinnemoen
Wolfgang Denk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Haavard Skinnemoen, > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > > > > It may be intended for debug, but it's available there without warning > > > for the end user. > > > > Hang on...end users can compile custom versions of u-boot now? And >

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

2008-08-11 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Haavard, In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I wrote: > > > The board will most likely still boot, so the "end user" can use other > > tools to fix the breakage. > > How should he, now that console access is disabled? Just to give you an example how we handle this in other places: A similar da

Re: [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: > > > It may be intended for debug, but it's available there without warning > > for the end user. > > Hang on...end users can compile custom versions of u-boot now? And Actually yes, they can. This is what GPL software is all ab

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

2008-08-11 Thread Haavard Skinnemoen
Wolfgang Denk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Jerry Van Baren, > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > > > For what it is worth, I'm with Haavard - it seems useful. WRT the > > dangerous part - it's intended use is for debug, so presumably it will > > It may be intended for debug,

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

2008-08-10 Thread Mark Jackson
Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Jerry Van Baren, > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> For what it is worth, I'm with Haavard - it seems useful. WRT the >> dangerous part - it's intended use is for debug, so presumably it will > > It may be intended for debug, but it's available there w

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

2008-08-09 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Jerry Van Baren, In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > For what it is worth, I'm with Haavard - it seems useful. WRT the > dangerous part - it's intended use is for debug, so presumably it will It may be intended for debug, but it's available there without warning for the end user

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

2008-08-07 Thread Jerry Van Baren
Detlev Zundel wrote: > Hi Haavard, > >> Mark Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Added CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_INPUT define. >>> >>> When used (in conjunction with CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE) it disables all >>> console input. >> Does anyone have an opinion about this? I think it's a nice thing to >>

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

2008-08-07 Thread Detlev Zundel
Hi Haavard, > Mark Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Added CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_INPUT define. >> >> When used (in conjunction with CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE) it disables all >> console input. > > Does anyone have an opinion about this? I think it's a nice thing to > have. Hm, defining this and

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

2008-08-07 Thread Haavard Skinnemoen
Mark Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Added CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_INPUT define. > > When used (in conjunction with CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE) it disables all console > input. Does anyone have an opinion about this? I think it's a nice thing to have. Although you should probably update README as

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

2008-07-30 Thread Mark Jackson
Added CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_INPUT define. When used (in conjunction with CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE) it disables all console input. --- common/console.c | 10 ++ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/common/console.c b/common/console.c index 1b095b1..ab071e2 1006