[PATCH v3 3/7] nanddump: update help message for BB method changes
Brian Norris
computersforpeace at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 12:49:19 EDT 2011
--noskipbad will soon be replaced by --bb=dumpbad, and --omitbad is being
removed entirely in favor of --bb=skipbad.
This patch adds warnings when using inappropriate configurations and adds
info to the help message. Please plan to migrate to the new usages shortly.
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
---
nanddump.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/nanddump.c b/nanddump.c
index d2e2e8f..103ad06 100644
--- a/nanddump.c
+++ b/nanddump.c
@@ -47,23 +47,35 @@ static void display_help(void)
"\n"
" --help Display this help and exit\n"
" --version Output version information and exit\n"
+" --bb=METHOD Choose bad block handling method (see below).\n"
"-a --forcebinary Force printing of binary data to tty\n"
-"-b --omitbad Omit bad blocks from the dump\n"
"-c --canonicalprint Print canonical Hex+ASCII dump\n"
"-f file --file=file Dump to file\n"
"-l length --length=length Length\n"
"-n --noecc Read without error correction\n"
-"-N --noskipbad Read without bad block skipping\n"
"-o --omitoob Omit oob data\n"
"-p --prettyprint Print nice (hexdump)\n"
"-q --quiet Don't display progress and status messages\n"
"-s addr --startaddress=addr Start address\n"
"\n"
-"Notes on --omitbad and --skipbad:\n"
-" With either option, we stop dumping data when we encounter a bad block\n"
-" and resume dumping at the next good block. However, with --omitbad, we\n"
+"--bb=METHOD, where METHOD can be `padbad', `dumpbad', or `skipbad':\n"
+" padbad: dump flash data, substituting 0xFF for any bad blocks (default)\n"
+" dumpbad: dump flash data, including any bad blocks\n"
+" skipbad: dump good data, completely skipping any bad blocks\n"
+"\n"
+"Deprecated options:\n"
+"The following options are being replaced by --bb=METHOD flags or being\n"
+"removed entirely. Do not continue to use these options.\n"
+"-b --omitbad Omit bad blocks from the dump (DEPRECATED)\n"
+"-N --noskipbad Read without bad block skipping\n"
+"\n"
+"Notes on --omitbad and --bb=skipbad:\n"
+"* `omitbad' and `skipbad' are very similar; we are deprecating `--omitbad'\n"
+" in favor of `--bb=skipbad'.\n"
+"* With either option, we stop dumping data when we encounter a bad block\n"
+" and resume dumping at the next good block. However, with `omitbad', we\n"
" count the bad block as part of the total dump length, whereas with\n"
-" --skipbad, the bad block is 'skipped,' that is, not counted toward the\n"
+" `skipbad', the bad block is skipped, that is, not counted toward the\n"
" total dump length.\n",
PROGRAM_NAME);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
@@ -120,7 +132,7 @@ static void process_options(int argc, char * const argv[])
{"file", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
{"prettyprint", no_argument, 0, 'p'},
{"omitoob", no_argument, 0, 'o'},
- {"omitbad", no_argument, 0, 'b'},
+ {"omitbad", no_argument, 0, 'b'}, //DEPRECATED
{"startaddress", required_argument, 0, 's'},
{"length", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
{"noecc", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
@@ -163,6 +175,9 @@ static void process_options(int argc, char * const argv[])
if (bb_default) {
bb_default = false;
bb_method = omitbad;
+ warnmsg("--omitbad is being deprecated in favor of --bb=skipbad.\n"
+ " --omitbad will not be available in future releases.\n"
+ " Please update your usage accordingly.");
} else {
error++;
}
@@ -201,6 +216,9 @@ static void process_options(int argc, char * const argv[])
if (bb_default) {
bb_default = false;
bb_method = dumpbad;
+ warnmsg("--noskipbad is being deprecated in favor of --bb=dumpbad.\n"
+ " --noskipbad will not be available in future releases.\n"
+ " Please update your usage accordingly.");
} else {
error++;
}
--
1.7.0.4
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