[PATCH 1/1] cmd: improve coninfo output formatting

Device name are typically longer than 8 characters. This leads to ragged output. Only the I and O bit of the device flags are of interest for the user. Writing a hexadecimal number is just confusing.
Before the patch the output looked like this:
=> coninfo List of available devices: pl011@9000000 00000007 IO stdin stdout stderr serial 00000003 IO usbkbd 00000001 I.
With the patch the output looks like this:
=> coninfo List of available devices |-- pl011@9000000 (IO) | |-- stdin | |-- stdout | |-- stderr |-- serial (IO) |-- usbkbd (I)
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com --- cmd/console.c | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cmd/console.c b/cmd/console.c index 9a1db83c7c..620a961cde 100644 --- a/cmd/console.c +++ b/cmd/console.c @@ -22,23 +22,21 @@ static int do_coninfo(struct cmd_tbl *cmd, int flag, int argc,
/* Scan for valid output and input devices */
- puts ("List of available devices:\n"); + puts("List of available devices\n");
list_for_each(pos, list) { dev = list_entry(pos, struct stdio_dev, list);
- printf ("%-8s %08x %c%c ", - dev->name, - dev->flags, - (dev->flags & DEV_FLAGS_INPUT) ? 'I' : '.', - (dev->flags & DEV_FLAGS_OUTPUT) ? 'O' : '.'); + printf("|-- %s (%s%s)\n", + dev->name, + (dev->flags & DEV_FLAGS_INPUT) ? "I" : "", + (dev->flags & DEV_FLAGS_OUTPUT) ? "O" : "");
for (l = 0; l < MAX_FILES; l++) { if (stdio_devices[l] == dev) { - printf ("%s ", stdio_names[l]); + printf("| |-- %s\n", stdio_names[l]); } } - putc ('\n'); } return 0; }

On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 at 17:12, Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com wrote:
Device name are typically longer than 8 characters. This leads to ragged output. Only the I and O bit of the device flags are of interest for the user. Writing a hexadecimal number is just confusing.
Before the patch the output looked like this:
=> coninfo List of available devices: pl011@9000000 00000007 IO stdin stdout stderr serial 00000003 IO usbkbd 00000001 I.
With the patch the output looks like this:
=> coninfo List of available devices |-- pl011@9000000 (IO) | |-- stdin | |-- stdout | |-- stderr |-- serial (IO) |-- usbkbd (I)
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com
cmd/console.c | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org
Is there a help update for this?

On 1/28/23 23:01, Simon Glass wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 at 17:12, Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com wrote:
Device name are typically longer than 8 characters. This leads to ragged output. Only the I and O bit of the device flags are of interest for the user. Writing a hexadecimal number is just confusing.
Before the patch the output looked like this:
=> coninfo List of available devices: pl011@9000000 00000007 IO stdin stdout stderr serial 00000003 IO usbkbd 00000001 I.
With the patch the output looks like this:
=> coninfo List of available devices |-- pl011@9000000 (IO) | |-- stdin | |-- stdout | |-- stderr |-- serial (IO) |-- usbkbd (I)
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com
cmd/console.c | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org
Is there a help update for this?
The online help does not need a change.
But a man-page in the HTML documentation with an example showing reassignment of stdios would be helpful.
In drv_system_init() we create a stdio device called "serial". Do we need this dummy device if CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)DM_SERIAL=y? I find this device duplicating the default serial device confusing.
Best regards
Heinrich

Hi Heinrich,
On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 at 13:58, Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com wrote:
On 1/28/23 23:01, Simon Glass wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 at 17:12, Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com wrote:
Device name are typically longer than 8 characters. This leads to ragged output. Only the I and O bit of the device flags are of interest for the user. Writing a hexadecimal number is just confusing.
Before the patch the output looked like this:
=> coninfo List of available devices: pl011@9000000 00000007 IO stdin stdout stderr serial 00000003 IO usbkbd 00000001 I.
With the patch the output looks like this:
=> coninfo List of available devices |-- pl011@9000000 (IO) | |-- stdin | |-- stdout | |-- stderr |-- serial (IO) |-- usbkbd (I)
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com
cmd/console.c | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org
Is there a help update for this?
The online help does not need a change.
But a man-page in the HTML documentation with an example showing reassignment of stdios would be helpful.
In drv_system_init() we create a stdio device called "serial". Do we need this dummy device if CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)DM_SERIAL=y? I find this device duplicating the default serial device confusing.
I believe this is the console device for serial and that it is needed. But please take a look as I may be out of date on that.
Regards, Simon
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