On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 04:11:51PM +0200, Mattijs Korpershoek wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 11:35, Simon Glass <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Tom, > > > > On Thu, 9 Oct 2025 at 18:24, Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 09, 2025 at 03:29:53AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote: > >> > >> > The 'bootflow list' command supports looking at the EFI device-path when > >> > available. Move this piece into a common function so it can be used > >> > elsewhere. > >> > >> The point of this was to enable the show_bootflow->bootflow_show chnage, > >> so should be dropped. > > > > OK. > > > >> > >> > Use 'usb' instead of 'usb_mass_storage' for usb so that it fits in the > >> > column space. > >> > > >> > This updates the output from 'bootflow list'. > >> > >> And this is unrelated and should be its own patch. Wikipedia says USB > >> MSC or UMS are the common short forms for USB Mass Storage devices, and > >> we should use one of them to have the output be more precise (since we > >> support USB networking devices for example). > > > > Ok I can move it into its own patch. > > > > Are you wanting this to say 'ums' instead of 'usb' ? Will anyone know > > what that means? > > Search for 'ums' gives the following U-Boot documentation: > > https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/usage/cmd/ums.html#ums-command > > Where the acronym is documented. > This is also the acronym used by the cmd (to configure usb gadget as USB > Mass Storage). > > So I'd say it's a reasonable acronym
Thanks. > > Re the second point, at least in U-Boot a USB Ethernet device shows as > > 'ethernet', i.e. the interface doesn't matter. We don't have logic to > > look a level deeper, at present. And this is unfortunate and confusing then because it'd be really good to know if I'm talking about the USB ethernet I plugged in or the ethernet port on the board. Made more confusing in turn by the platforms (more historical than modern I *think*) where that ethernet port on the SBC itself is wired in via USB. -- Tom
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