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From: Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/2] api: extend accessible set of block device attributes
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:06:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m24nz2pbvg.fsf@ohwell.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1319178708-10881-1-git-send-email-clchiou@chromium.org> (Che-Liang Chiou's message of "Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:31:46 +0800")

Hi,

> struct device_info in api_public.h defined its own subset of attributes
> of block_dev_desc, which limits the capability of external apps.
>
> This patch set let external apps access the same set of block device
> attributes as U-Boot.

Generally speaking, we are intentionally limiting our API to external
applications.  It should be easier to extend U-Boot itself (and
everybody will profit from the new code under a free license) rather
than writing proprietary applications.

Can you pleas tell us what the intention of the extension is?  We surely
will not accept patches gradually exposing all of the U-Boot internals
through the API and paving the way for proprietary applications.  So
every extension has to be balanced and discussed.

Thanks
  Detlev

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-21 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-21  6:31 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/2] api: extend accessible set of block device attributes Che-Liang Chiou
2011-10-21  6:31 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Flatten and solidify block_dev_desc layout Che-Liang Chiou
2011-10-21 19:09   ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-10-24  3:36     ` Che-liang Chiou
2011-10-24 10:49       ` Detlev Zundel
2011-10-21  6:31 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] api: storage: Share attributes with block_dev_desc Che-Liang Chiou
2012-01-08  7:26   ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-21  7:03 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Flatten and solidify block_dev_desc layout Che-Liang Chiou
2011-10-21 16:06 ` Detlev Zundel [this message]
2011-10-24  3:36   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/2] api: extend accessible set of block device attributes Che-liang Chiou
2011-10-24  9:32     ` Detlev Zundel

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