Re: [U-Boot] Inconsistency between $filesize and commands which accept numeric params

Dear Tom,

In message 20141104220213.GN15133@bill-the-cat you wrote:

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Hm.... is there a way to determine in advance where we are passing a number as argument [see "common/cmd_fdt.c" lines 260ff] ?

The problem is that 'fdt set ... <decimal>' is valid and 'fdt set ... <0xhex>' is valid (as it 'fdt set ... string'). What I'm saying is that we should think of it as 'fdt set <input to DT>' and within <input to DT> we assume DT conventions, not U-Boot conventions.

Yes, I fully understand what you mean. I just wonder if there is a user-friendly way to prevent such errors.

I think we should at least document this behaviour - both in the help message for this command, and in the manual.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk