Dear Dave Mitchell, In message <4a5fc1fd.1090...@gmail.com> you wrote: > > > 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.
Right. and now we are generalizing it to add a common command for all these boards - and actually for other architectures as well. We will have to suffer from a changed command name, but we win by better functionality, and less code duplication. > Of course. And I suppose I'm wasting energy typing since you have > already made up your mind on the subject but no harm in trying. I appreciate your comments, and you know that I rate your opinion highly; but in this case my more global perspective sets other priorities than your more 4xx-focussed POV. Sorry. 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: w...@denx.de You see things; and you say ``Why?'' But I dream things that never were; and I say ``Why not?'' - George Bernard Shaw _Back to Methuselah_ (1921) pt. 1, act 1 _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot