From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:15:44 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v2] misc: add gpio based status led driver In-Reply-To: <4BD39170.2040502@psyent.com> References: <1269665654-2609-1-git-send-email-thomas@wytron.com.tw> <1271810712-16238-1-git-send-email-thomas@wytron.com.tw> <20100424192355.04FCBCCF03F@gemini.denx.de> <4BD36BAE.2060903@wytron.com.tw> <20100424223245.29B4BEDD5FB@gemini.denx.de> <4BD377C9.6010809@wytron.com.tw> <4BD39170.2040502@psyent.com> Message-ID: <20100425181544.EA1994C04D@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Dear Scott McNutt, In message <4BD39170.2040502@psyent.com> you wrote: > > >> I mean, which board in U-Boot uses this code? I didn't find any. > > I think the most accurate answer is both "all" and "none" ... and > I'm not trying to be funny or disrespectful in any way. It's just > so very easy to replace peripherals with these FPGA based systems. Yes, but the current number of actual users so far is zero. > However, the nios2 linux folks are very likely to use it (as a > replacement). And, when they build u-boot, it will probably be > configured using the nios2-generic board. So this isn't a rabbit > in the hat ... the code will used. It's just not directly tied > to a particular PCB from a traditional point of view. OK. Let's add the code when there is a user for it. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. - E. W. Dijkstra