In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > I don't like it that bootm is calling out to all sorts of functions that > could better be scripted. It complicates the bootm code (badly!), it > prevents users from doing clever things (because it hard codes the calls > and sequences of the calls to loosely related functions), and it > violates the unix principle of doing only one thing and doing it well > (bootm code is one big ugly awkward swissarmyknife[tm] tool).
I agree 100%. > P.S. This battle was probably lost many years ago, but it still makes me > feel better to pound the desk and shout. Oh-oh, people are looking... Ther is two of us. I'm your ally when it comes to ripping out unnecessary and complicted stuff out of bootm :-) Just send patches... Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
