[PATCH 09/12] commands: reginfo: make command mpc5xxx-specific

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Tue Oct 15 00:20:39 PDT 2024


Hello Sascha,

On 15.10.24 09:13, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 01:50:37PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:

>> -void reginfo(void)
>> +static void reginfo(void)
>>  {
>>  	puts ("\nMPC5200 registers\n");
>>  	printf ("MBAR=%08x\n", CFG_MBAR);
>> @@ -61,3 +62,4 @@ void reginfo(void)
>>  	printf ("\tSDRAMCS1: %08X\n",
>>  		in_be32((void*)MPC5XXX_SDRAM_CS1CFG));
>>  }
>> +DEFINE_SIMPLE_COMMAND(reginfo);
> 
> This is great for development, but not so nice for a broader use in the
> tree.

It's meant for one-off things during development and we should at least
have one instance in tree to verify that it still works.

This would be that instance :-)

> 
>> -BAREBOX_CMD_START(reginfo)
>> -	.cmd		= do_reginfo,
>> -	BAREBOX_CMD_DESC("print register information")
> 
> We are losing the command description and get a "call func reginfo"
> instead which is not really an improvement.

That's how it currently looks like:
https://www.barebox.org/doc/latest/commands/info/reginfo.html

And it's confusing, because it's only implemented for one specific
PowerPC machine. I like the new help text more in this instance.

Cheers,
Ahmad

> 
> Sascha
> 


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