[PATCH 8/8] memtest: add rewritten memtest command

[Alexander Aring]

Hi Sascha,

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 09:18:44PM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 09:01:36PM +0100, Alexander Aring wrote:
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * PTE flags variables to set cached and
> > > > + * uncached regions.
> > > > + */
> > > > +static uint32_t PTE_FLAGS_CACHED;
> > > > +static uint32_t PTE_FLAGS_UNCACHED;
> > > 
> > > Please no uppercase letters for variable names.
> > >
> > Ok. I took it from mach/arm/cpu/mmu.c, should I create a patch which
> > rename it in arch/arm/cpu/mmu.c lower case, too?
> 
> Yes, that would be great. I must have forgotten reviewing my own patch
> ;)
> 
> > 
> > > > +#else
> > > > +static char optstr[] = "s:e:i:b";
> > > > +#endif
> > > > +
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Perform a memory test. The complete test
> > > > + * loops until interrupted by ctrl-c.
> > > > + */
> > > > +static int mem_test(vu_long _start, vu_long _end,
> > > > +		int bus_only)
> > > 
> > > It would be good to move this function to common/memory_test.c. This way
> > > it could be called from C. Especially testing memory might be called
> > > from some early small (no shell) development binaries which are running from some
> > > internal SRAM.
> > > 
> > Ok.
> > Maybe we can do a menu entry via Kconfig or something else to run a
> > memtest after booting automatically.
> 
> Maybe this could be added as an init script in the environment, but
> personally I don't think I'll run it by default on our boards. We are
> more into booting fast.
But how will you run the memtest command in a (no shell) environment? :)

> 
> Sascha
> 
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