On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 05:58:58PM +0200, Maxin John wrote:
> Hi Heinrich,
> 
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 1:26 AM Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/29/26 18:34, Maxin B. John wrote:
> > > Turn on CMD_BINOP for sandbox and sandbox64 so the binop tests are
> > > built and run in CI on both 32-bit and 64-bit builds.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Maxin B. John <[email protected]>
> >
> > Which tests? I could not find any depending on CONFIG_CMD_BINOP.
> 
> This change is a follow-up to my recently submitted binop clean-up patch:
> https://lists.u-boot-project.org/pipermail/u-boot/2026-October/637804.html
> 
> Following the review comments on that patch, I have also submitted tests to
> improve binop test coverage:
> https://lists.u-boot-project.org/pipermail/u-boot/2026-October/637974.html
> 
> These tests depend on CONFIG_CMD_BINOP, which is why I enabled it in
> sandbox and sandbox64.
> 
> > HTML documentation for the command does not exist.
> > The online documentation leaves the user clueless:
> 
> Agreed. The documentation for binop is insufficient and could be improved.
> 
> > Usage:
> > binop op count [*]src1 [*]src2 [[*]dest]
> >      - compute binary operation of data at/in src1 and
> >        src2 (either *memaddr, env var name or hex string)
> >        and store result in/at dest, where op is one of
> >        xor, or, and.
> >
> > What is count good for?
> > What should a variable contain?
> >
> > Can we simply eliminate the command? It is only used by a single board.
> 
> I am not aware of any other users of this command apart from the
> gazerbeam board.
> Personally, I can work around its removal if that is what the
> maintainers decide.

Perhaps what's missing here is what your motivation is for this cleanup?

-- 
Tom

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