u-boot README file
hi all,
I'm trying to make sense out of this sentence in the README file:
Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been created;
the phrase "as long as" don't make sense to me in that sentence
I think it should say "until" instead of "as long as"
IOW, it should read:
... is read-only until the monitor has been relocated to RAM ...
does anyone disagree?
bruce
Quoted 7 lines · Bruce Adler
I'm trying to make sense out of this sentence in the README file:
Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been created;
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the phrase "as long as" don't make sense to me in that sentence I think it should say "until" instead of "as long as" IOW, it should read:
... is read-only until the monitor has been relocated to RAM ...
does anyone disagree?
My guess is that sentence is intended to convey that changes to a RAM copy of the environment are not persistent (will not be preserved across resets / power cycles).
Tom
Quoted 13 lines · T Ziomek
Quoted 12 lines · Bruce Adler
I'm trying to make sense out of this sentence in the README file:
Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been created;
the phrase "as long as" don't make sense to me in that sentence I think it should say "until" instead of "as long as" IOW, it should read:
... is read-only until the monitor has been relocated to RAM ...
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does anyone disagree?
My guess is that sentence is intended to convey that changes to a RAM copy of the environment are not persistent (will not be preserved across resets / power cycles).
Tom
While your point is also true, I agree with Bruce WRT the line in question.
Best regards,
gvb
Quoted 17 lines · Jerry Van Baren
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Quoted 13 lines · Bruce Adler
I'm trying to make sense out of this sentence in the README file:
Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been created;
the phrase "as long as" don't make sense to me in that sentence I think it should say "until" instead of "as long as" IOW, it should read:
... is read-only until the monitor has been relocated to RAM ...
does anyone disagree?
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My guess is that sentence is intended to convey that changes to a RAM copy of the environment are not persistent (will not be preserved across resets / power cycles).
Tom
While your point is also true, I agree with Bruce WRT the line in question.
I wasn't saying it was well-phrased, whatever the meaning. Either way it could be clarified. On the other hand, the correct clarification depends on the original intent...
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the phrase "as long as" don't make sense to me in that sentence I think it should say "until" instead of "as long as" IOW, it should read:
... is read-only until the monitor has been relocated to RAM ...
does anyone disagree?
I don't care if anyone disagrees. I agree that it should read "until".
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I wasn't saying it was well-phrased, whatever the meaning. Either way it could be clarified. On the other hand, the correct clarification depends on the original intent...
The original intent is the "until" reading. Please subgmit a patch.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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