[U-Boot] [PATCH] ubi: help message correction

Fix incorrect information about size units.
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Wolski awolski@poczta.fm --- diff --git a/common/cmd_ubi.c b/common/cmd_ubi.c index bbca389..d1653b1 100644 --- a/common/cmd_ubi.c +++ b/common/cmd_ubi.c @@ -608,6 +608,6 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(ubi, 6, 1, do_ubi, " - Remove volume\n" "[Legends]\n" " volume: charater name\n" - " size: KiB, MiB, GiB, and bytes\n" + " size: hex value\n" " type: s[tatic] or d[ynamic] (default=dynamic)" );

Dear Andrzej Wolski,
In message h3bhhv$l6g$1@ger.gmane.org you wrote:
Fix incorrect information about size units.
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Wolski awolski@poczta.fm
diff --git a/common/cmd_ubi.c b/common/cmd_ubi.c index bbca389..d1653b1 100644 --- a/common/cmd_ubi.c +++ b/common/cmd_ubi.c @@ -608,6 +608,6 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(ubi, 6, 1, do_ubi, " - Remove volume\n" "[Legends]\n" " volume: charater name\n"
- " size: KiB, MiB, GiB, and bytes\n"
- " size: hex value\n" " type: s[tatic] or d[ynamic] (default=dynamic)" );
This is IMHO not a helpful help message.
First, it is reduncant, as all input in U-Boot is in hex format. So why repeat that information. And "size: value" - what does that tell me? Would it not be good to mention the unit? Is it in KiB, MiB, GiB, bytes, blocks, or whatever?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk

In message h3bhhv$l6g$1@ger.gmane.org you wrote:
Fix incorrect information about size units.
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Wolski awolski@poczta.fm
diff --git a/common/cmd_ubi.c b/common/cmd_ubi.c index bbca389..d1653b1 100644 --- a/common/cmd_ubi.c +++ b/common/cmd_ubi.c @@ -608,6 +608,6 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(ubi, 6, 1, do_ubi, " - Remove volume\n" "[Legends]\n" " volume: charater name\n"
- " size: KiB, MiB, GiB, and bytes\n"
- " size: hex value\n" " type: s[tatic] or d[ynamic] (default=dynamic)" );
This is IMHO not a helpful help message.
First, it is reduncant, as all input in U-Boot is in hex format. So why repeat that information. And "size: value" - what does that tell me? Would it not be good to mention the unit? Is it in KiB, MiB, GiB, bytes, blocks, or whatever?
This is size in bytes. Original message was probably based on Linux mtd-utils where size in KiB, MiB, etc. can be specified. This is not true in U-Boot where all input is in hex, so this message have to be corrected. If you think "hex value" is not helpful, can you suggest something better? Maybe just remove size entry?
Regards, Andrzej Wolski

Hi Andrzej,
In message h3bhhv$l6g$1@ger.gmane.org you wrote:
Fix incorrect information about size units.
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Wolski awolski@poczta.fm
diff --git a/common/cmd_ubi.c b/common/cmd_ubi.c index bbca389..d1653b1 100644 --- a/common/cmd_ubi.c +++ b/common/cmd_ubi.c @@ -608,6 +608,6 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(ubi, 6, 1, do_ubi, " - Remove volume\n" "[Legends]\n" " volume: charater name\n"
- " size: KiB, MiB, GiB, and bytes\n"
- " size: hex value\n" " type: s[tatic] or d[ynamic] (default=dynamic)" );
This is IMHO not a helpful help message.
First, it is reduncant, as all input in U-Boot is in hex format. So why repeat that information. And "size: value" - what does that tell me? Would it not be good to mention the unit? Is it in KiB, MiB, GiB, bytes, blocks, or whatever?
This is size in bytes. Original message was probably based on Linux mtd-utils where size in KiB, MiB, etc. can be specified. This is not true in U-Boot where all input is in hex, so this message have to be corrected. If you think "hex value" is not helpful, can you suggest something better? Maybe just remove size entry?
How about "size: specified in bytes"?
Cheers Detlev

Fix incorrect information about size units and correct typo.
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Wolski awolski@poczta.fm --- diff --git a/common/cmd_ubi.c b/common/cmd_ubi.c index 05893f5..54faac1 100644 --- a/common/cmd_ubi.c +++ b/common/cmd_ubi.c @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(ubi, 6, 1, do_ubi, "ubi remove[vol] volume" " - Remove volume\n" "[Legends]\n" - " volume: charater name\n" - " size: KiB, MiB, GiB, and bytes\n" + " volume: character name\n" + " size: specified in bytes\n" " type: s[tatic] or d[ynamic] (default=dynamic)" );
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On Friday 17 July 2009 22:26:54 Andrzej Wolski wrote:
Fix incorrect information about size units and correct typo.
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Wolski awolski@poczta.fm
Patch didn't apply clean. I fixed this manually. So, applied to u-boot-ubi.
Thanks.
Best regards, Stefan
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Andrzej Wolski
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Detlev Zundel
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Stefan Roese
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Wolfgang Denk