[coreboot] [commit] r5008 - trunk/util/msrtool

[Peter Stuge]

Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> > Please do not accept "it seems to work" for new register
> > descriptions,
> 
> I figured nobody has the time to check this, not even the author of
> msrtool.

Someone else using GX2 might hav been motivated (though they didn't
speak up so far) or after the reminder maybe someone completely
without experience in coreboot could use this as a way to get
involved a little bit more. I tried to encourage this, but I could
probably have been more clear.

No doubt that it's difficult to have good quality reviews happen
quickly enough when not many people seem to be interested.


> Should someone ever use this code on a Geode GX2 system again, the
> code is there and can be improved now.

My point is that users of the tools should not have to start by
reviewing them. The tools are much less useful if we developers
haven't tried our best to make them correct. Especially something
brain-damaging as copying register descriptions from a data sheet
can really benefit from reviews.


> That's much better than annoying contributors and letting
> contributions going down the drain.

This is also a good point. Thanks. The balance between strict code
review and accomodating contributions+contributors is a hard one.


Might it be useful to have a please-review branch, in addition to
keeping track of submitted patches in patchwork?


//Peter