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Re: RedBoot doc link and ecos.db superfluous aliases
- From: John Dallaway <john at dallaway dot org dot uk>
- To: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- Cc: ecos-patches at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:06:37 +0000
- Subject: Re: RedBoot doc link and ecos.db superfluous aliases
- References: <498C5A68.1050004@dallaway.org.uk> <498C5D2B.1060600@mlbassoc.com>
Hi Gary
Gary Thomas wrote:
> John Dallaway wrote:
>
>> This patch fixes the RedBoot CDL documentation link and eliminates
>> superfluous target aliases (matching the target name) in ecos.db.
>> Checked-in.
>
> What makes the aliases superfluous? I'm pretty sure I've
> used them in the past...
Target aliases are certainly not superfluous in the general sense. The
target aliases I removed were identical to the target name and hence
unnecessary. Commands such as "ecosconfig new p2106" will work without
defining "p2106" as an alias.
John Dallaway