svn_rev_462

- Add help texts for many commands.
- Let the linker sort the command table.
- Add support for multiple argmuments in several commands
  (mkdir, rmdir, rm, cat)

14 files changed, 333 insertions, 183 deletions

diff --git a/common/cmd_boot.c b/common/cmd_boot.c
index 43fc18259b..af549c9f5c 100644
--- a/common/cmd_boot.c
+++ b/common/cmd_boot.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int do_go (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(go)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_go,
-	.usage		= "go      - start application at address 'addr'\n",
+	.usage		= "start application at address 'addr'",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(
 	"addr [arg ...]\n    - start application at address 'addr'\n"
 	"      passing 'arg' as arguments\n")
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ extern int do_reset (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[]);
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(reset)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_reset,
-	.usage		= "reset   - Perform RESET of the CPU\n",
+	.usage		= "Perform RESET of the CPU",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
diff --git a/common/cmd_bootm.c b/common/cmd_bootm.c
index db4c296677..19b6238213 100644
--- a/common/cmd_bootm.c
+++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ int do_bootm (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(bootm)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_bootm,
-	.usage		= "bootm   - boot application image from memory\n",
+	.usage		= "boot application image from memory",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(
  	"[addr [arg ...]]\n    - boot application image stored in memory\n"
  	"\tpassing arguments 'arg ...'; when booting a Linux kernel,\n"
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ int do_bootd (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(boot)
 	.maxargs	= 1,
 	.cmd		= do_bootd,
-	.usage		= "boot    - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'\n",
+	.usage		= "boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 #if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_IMI)
diff --git a/common/cmd_echo.c b/common/cmd_echo.c
index b31887b955..1314f2d971 100644
--- a/common/cmd_echo.c
+++ b/common/cmd_echo.c
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ no_optarg_out:
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(echo)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_echo,
-	.usage		= "echo    - echo args to console\n",
+	.usage		= "echo args to console",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
diff --git a/common/cmd_edit.c b/common/cmd_edit.c
index 00e5644ae5..26bb970b2b 100644
--- a/common/cmd_edit.c
+++ b/common/cmd_edit.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static char *screenline(char *line, int *pos)
 	return lbuf;
 }
 
-int setpos(char *line, int position)
+static int setpos(char *line, int position)
 {
 	int i = 0;
 	int linepos = 0;
@@ -475,5 +475,5 @@ out:
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(edit)
 	.maxargs	= 2,
 	.cmd		= do_edit,
-	.usage		= "edit <file>    - edit a file\n",
+	.usage		= "edit a file",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
diff --git a/common/cmd_exec.c b/common/cmd_exec.c
index 9d9d206a82..1057bc1b8e 100644
--- a/common/cmd_exec.c
+++ b/common/cmd_exec.c
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@ out:
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(exec)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_exec,
-	.usage		= "exec <files>     - execute a script\n",
+	.usage		= "execute a script",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
diff --git a/common/cmd_flash.c b/common/cmd_flash.c
index 4d45f943f7..db059dba58 100644
--- a/common/cmd_flash.c
+++ b/common/cmd_flash.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int do_flerase (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(erase)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_flerase,
-	.usage		= "erase   - erase FLASH memory\n",
+	.usage		= "erase FLASH memory",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("write me\n")
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
@@ -120,6 +120,6 @@ int do_protect (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(protect)
 	.maxargs	= 4,
 	.cmd		= do_protect,
-	.usage		= "protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection\n",
+	.usage		= "enable or disable FLASH write protection",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("write me\n")
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
diff --git a/common/cmd_fs.c b/common/cmd_fs.c
index 6a0b4f7d44..bbbf8d006d 100644
--- a/common/cmd_fs.c
+++ b/common/cmd_fs.c
@@ -115,10 +115,16 @@ static int do_ls (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char cmd_ls_help[] =
+"Usage: ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n"
+"List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).\n"
+"  -R  list subdirectories recursively\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(ls)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_ls,
-	.usage		= "ls      - list a file or directory\n",
+	.usage		= "list a file or directory",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_ls_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 static int do_cd (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -138,10 +144,15 @@ static int do_cd (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char cmd_cd_help[] =
+"Usage: cd [directory]\n"
+"change to directory. If called without argument, change to /\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(cd)
 	.maxargs	= 2,
 	.cmd		= do_cd,
-	.usage		= "cd      - change current directory\n",
+	.usage		= "change working directory",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_cd_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 static int do_pwd (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -153,64 +164,100 @@ static int do_pwd (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(pwd)
 	.maxargs	= 2,
 	.cmd		= do_pwd,
-	.usage		= "pwd      - display current directory\n",
+	.usage		= "print working directory",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 static int do_mkdir (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int ret;
+	int i = 1;
 
-	ret = mkdir(argv[1]);
-	if (ret) {
-		perror("mkdir");
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		u_boot_cmd_usage(cmdtp);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	while (i < argc) {
+		if (mkdir(argv[i])) {
+			printf("could not create %s: %s\n", argv[i], errno_str());
+			return 1;
+		}
+		i++;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char cmd_mkdir_help[] =
+"Usage: mkdir [directories]\n"
+"Create new directories\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(mkdir)
-	.maxargs	= 2,
+	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_mkdir,
-	.usage		= "mkdir    - create a new directory\n",
+	.usage		= "make directories",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_mkdir_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 static int do_rm (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int ret;
+	int i = 1;
 
-	ret = unlink(argv[1]);
-	if (ret) {
-		perror("rm");
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		u_boot_cmd_usage(cmdtp);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	while (i < argc) {
+		if (unlink(argv[i])) {
+			printf("could not remove %s: %s\n", argv[i], errno_str());
+			return 1;
+		}
+		i++;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char cmd_rm_help[] =
+"Usage: rm [FILES]\n"
+"Remove files\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(rm)
-	.maxargs	= 2,
+	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_rm,
-	.usage		= "rm    - remove files\n",
+	.usage		= "remove files",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_rm_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 static int do_rmdir (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int ret;
+	int i = 1;
 
-	ret = rmdir(argv[1]);
-	if (ret) {
-		perror("rmdir");
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		u_boot_cmd_usage(cmdtp);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	while (i < argc) {
+		if (rmdir(argv[i])) {
+			printf("could not remove %s: %s\n", argv[i], errno_str());
+			return 1;
+		}
+		i++;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char cmd_rmdir_help[] =
+"Usage: rmdir [directories]\n"
+"Remove directories. The directories have to be empty.\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(rmdir)
-	.maxargs	= 2,
+	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_rmdir,
-	.usage		= "rmdir <dir>   - remove directories\n",
+	.usage		= "remove directorie(s)",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_rmdir_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 static int do_mount (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -232,7 +279,7 @@ static int do_mount (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	if (argc != 4) {
-		printf ("Usage:\n%s\n", cmdtp->usage);
+		u_boot_cmd_usage(cmdtp);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -243,11 +290,23 @@ static int do_mount (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char cmd_mount_help[] =
+"Usage: mount:         list mounted filesystems\n"
+"or:    mount <device> <fstype> <mountpoint>\n"
+"\n"
+"Mount a filesystem of a given type to a mountpoint.\n"
+"<device> can be one of /dev/* or some arbitrary string if no\n"
+"device is needed for this driver (for example ramfs).\n"
+"<fstype> is the filesystem driver to use. Try the 'devinfo' command\n"
+"for a list of available drivers.\n"
+"<mountpoint> must be an empty directory descending directly from the\n"
+"root directory.\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(mount)
 	.maxargs	= 4,
 	.cmd		= do_mount,
-	.usage		= "mount   - mount a filesystem to a device\n",
-	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(" <device> <type> <path> add a filesystem of type 'type' on the given device")
+	.usage		= "mount a filesystem to a device",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_mount_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 static int do_umount (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -255,7 +314,7 @@ static int do_umount (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (argc != 2) {
-		printf ("Usage:\n%s\n", cmdtp->usage);
+		u_boot_cmd_usage(cmdtp);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -264,13 +323,17 @@ static int do_umount (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 		return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
-
 }
 
+static char cmd_umount_help[] =
+"Usage: umount <mountpoint>\n"
+"umount a filesystem mounted on a specific mountpoint\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(umount)
 	.maxargs	= 2,
 	.cmd		= do_umount,
-	.usage		= "umount <path>   - umount a filesystem mounted on <path>\n",
+	.usage		= "umount a filesystem",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_umount_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 static int do_cat ( cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -279,36 +342,53 @@ static int do_cat ( cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	int fd, i;
 	char *buf;
 	int err = 0;
+	int args = 1;
 
-	fd = open(argv[1], 0);
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		perror("open");
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		u_boot_cmd_usage(cmdtp);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
 	buf = xmalloc(1024);
 
-	while((ret = read(fd, buf, 1024)) > 0) {
-		for(i = 0; i < ret; i++) {
-			if (isprint(buf[i]) || buf[i] == '\n' || buf[i] == '\t')
-				putc(buf[i]);
-			else
-				putc('.');
-		}
-		if(ctrlc()) {
-			err = 1;
+	while (args < argc) {
+		fd = open(argv[args], 0);
+		if (fd < 0) {
+			printf("could not open %s: %s\n", argv[args], errno_str());
 			goto out;
 		}
+
+		while((ret = read(fd, buf, 1024)) > 0) {
+			for(i = 0; i < ret; i++) {
+				if (isprint(buf[i]) || buf[i] == '\n' || buf[i] == '\t')
+					putc(buf[i]);
+				else
+					putc('.');
+			}
+			if(ctrlc()) {
+				err = 1;
+				close(fd);
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+		close(fd);
+		args++;
 	}
+
 out:
 	free(buf);
-	close(fd);
 
 	return err;
 }
 
+static char cmd_cat_help[] =
+"Usage: cat [FILES]\n"
+"Concatenate files on stdout. Currently only printable characters\n"
+"and \\n and \\t are printed, but this should be optional\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(cat)
-	.maxargs	= 2,
+	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_cat,
-	.usage		= "cat      - bla bla\n",
+	.usage		= "Concatenate FILE(s)",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_cat_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
diff --git a/common/cmd_mem.c b/common/cmd_mem.c
index beea5b0c9e..eaa7c4653e 100644
--- a/common/cmd_mem.c
+++ b/common/cmd_mem.c
@@ -176,11 +176,30 @@ out:
 	return errno;
 }
 
+static char cmd_md_help[] =
+"Usage md [OPTIONS] <region>\n"
+"display (hexdump) a memory region.\n"
+"options:\n"
+"  -f <file>   display file (default /dev/mem)\n"
+"  -b          output in bytes\n"
+"  -w          output in halfwords (16bit)\n"
+"  -l          output in words (32bit)\n"
+"\n"
+"Memory regions:\n"
+"Memory regions can be specified in two different forms: start+size\n"
+"or start-end, If <start> is ommitted it defaults to 0. If end is ommited it\n"
+"defaults to the end of the device, except for interactive commands like md\n"
+"and mw for which it defaults to 0x100.\n"
+"Sizes can be specified as decimal, or if prefixed with 0x as hexadecimal.\n"
+"an optional suffix of k, M or G is for kibibytes, Megabytes or Gigabytes,\n"
+"respectively\n";
+
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(md)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_mem_md,
-	.usage		= "md      - memory display\n",
-	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("write me\n")
+	.usage		= "memory display",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_md_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 int do_mem_mw ( cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -265,11 +284,16 @@ out:
 	return errno;
 }
 
+static char cmd_mw_help[] =
+"Usage mw [OPTIONS] <region> <value(s)>\n"
+"Write value(s) to the specifies region.\n"
+"see 'help md' for supported options.\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(mw)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_mem_mw,
-	.usage		= "mw      - memory write (fill)\n",
-	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("write me\n")
+	.usage		= "memory write (fill)",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_mw_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 int do_mem_cmp (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -442,11 +466,19 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static char cmd_cp_help[] =
+"Usage: cp <source> <destination>\n"
+"cp copies file <source> to <destination>.\n"
+"Currently only this form is supported and you have to specify the exact target\n"
+"filename (not a target directory).\n"
+"Note: This command was previously used as memory copy. Currently there is no\n"
+"equivalent command for this. This must be fixed of course.\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(cp)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_cp,
-	.usage		= "cp      - copy files\n",
-	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("write me\n")
+	.usage		= "copy files",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_cp_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
@@ -624,7 +656,7 @@ device_initcall(mem_init);
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(cmp)
 	.maxargs	= 4,
 	.cmd		= do_mem_cmp,
-	.usage		= "cmp     - memory compare\n",
+	.usage		= "memory compare",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("write me\n")
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
@@ -633,7 +665,7 @@ U_BOOT_CMD_END
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(crc32)
 	.maxargs	= 4,
 	.cmd		= do_mem_crc,
-	.usage		= "crc32   - checksum calculation\n",
+	.usage		= "checksum calculation",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("address count [addr]\n    - compute CRC32 checksum [save at addr]\n")
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
diff --git a/common/cmd_misc.c b/common/cmd_misc.c
index 63d0a6fdbe..cd14dc0f6b 100644
--- a/common/cmd_misc.c
+++ b/common/cmd_misc.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int do_sleep (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(sleep)
 	.maxargs	= 2,
 	.cmd		= do_sleep,
-	.usage		= "sleep   - delay execution for n secondsnn",
+	.usage		= "delay execution for n seconds",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 #endif
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int do_clear (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(clear)
 	.maxargs	= 1,
 	.cmd		= do_clear,
-	.usage		= "clear   - clear screen\n",
+	.usage		= "clear screen",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 #endif
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ int do_meminfo (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(meminfo)
 	.maxargs	= 1,
 	.cmd		= do_meminfo,
-	.usage		= "meminfo - print info about memory usage\n",
+	.usage		= "print info about memory usage",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 #endif
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ int do_irqinfo (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[]);
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(irqinfo)
 	.maxargs	= 1,
 	.cmd		= do_irqinfo,
-	.usage		= "irqinfo - print information about IRQs\n",
+	.usage		= "print information about IRQs",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 #endif  /* CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_IRQ */
 
diff --git a/common/cmd_net.c b/common/cmd_net.c
index 4f7018143c..73681016db 100644
--- a/common/cmd_net.c
+++ b/common/cmd_net.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int do_bootp (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(bootp)
 	.maxargs	= 3,
 	.cmd		= do_bootp,
-	.usage		= "bootp\t- boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol\n",
+	.usage		= "boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("[loadAddress] [bootfilename]\n")
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
@@ -105,11 +105,15 @@ int do_tftpb (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	return netboot_common (TFTP, cmdtp, argc, argv);
 }
 
+static char cmd_tftpboot_help[] =
+"Usage: tftpboot <localfile> <remotefile>\n"
+"Load a file via network using BootP/TFTP protocol\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(tftpboot)
 	.maxargs	= 3,
 	.cmd		= do_tftpb,
-	.usage		= "tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol\n",
-	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("[loadAddress] [bootfilename]\n")
+	.usage		= "boot image via network using TFTP protocol",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_tftpboot_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 int do_rarpb (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -120,7 +124,7 @@ int do_rarpb (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(rarpboot)
 	.maxargs	= 3,
 	.cmd		= do_rarpb,
-	.usage		= "rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol\n",
+	.usage		= "boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("[loadAddress] [bootfilename]\n")
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ int do_dhcp (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(dhcp)
 	.maxargs	= 3,
 	.cmd		= do_dhcp,
-	.usage		= "dhcp\t- invoke DHCP client to obtain IP/boot params\n",
+	.usage		= "invoke DHCP client to obtain IP/boot params",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_NET_DHCP */
@@ -155,7 +159,7 @@ int do_nfs (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(nfs)
 	.maxargs	= 3,
 	.cmd		= do_nfs,
-	.usage		= "nfs\t- boot image via network using NFS protocol\n",
+	.usage		= "boot image via network using NFS protocol",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("[loadAddress] [host ip addr:bootfilename]\n")
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
@@ -238,7 +242,7 @@ int do_cdp (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(cdp)
 	.maxargs	= 1,
 	.cmd		= do_cdp,
-	.usage		= "cdp\t- Perform CDP network configuration\n",
+	.usage		= "Perform CDP network configuration",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP("[loadAddress] [host ip addr:bootfilename]\n")
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
diff --git a/common/command.c b/common/command.c
index 3e5440e816..dfe672f2ac 100644
--- a/common/command.c
+++ b/common/command.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ do_version (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(version)
 	.maxargs	= 1,
 	.cmd		= do_version,
-	.usage		= "version - print monitor version\n",
+	.usage		= "print monitor version",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 int
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ do_true (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(true)
 	.maxargs	= 1,
 	.cmd		= do_true,
-	.usage		= "true - return 0\n",
+	.usage		= "do nothing, successfully",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 int
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ do_false (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(false)
 	.maxargs	= 1,
 	.cmd		= do_false,
-	.usage		= "false  - return 1\n",
+	.usage		= "do nothing, unsuccessfully",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ do_readline (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *buf = xzalloc(CONFIG_CBSIZE);
 
 	if (argc < 3) {
-		printf ("Usage:\n%s\n", cmdtp->usage);
+		u_boot_cmd_usage(cmdtp);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -92,10 +92,15 @@ do_readline (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char cmd_readline_help[] =
+"Usage: readline <prompt> VAR\n"
+"readline reads a line of user input into variable VAR.\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(readline)
 	.maxargs	= 3,
 	.cmd		= do_readline,
-	.usage		= "readline  - \n",
+	.usage		= "prompt for user input",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_readline_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 int
@@ -225,9 +230,9 @@ U_BOOT_CMD_START(test)
 	.aliases	= test_aliases,
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_test,
-	.usage		= "test    - minimal test like /bin/sh\n",
+	.usage		= "minimal test like /bin/sh",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(
- 	"[args..]\n"
+	"[args..]\n"
 	"    - test functionality\n")
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
@@ -238,119 +243,97 @@ do_exit (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	r = 0;
 	if (argc > 1)
-		r = simple_strtoul(argv[1], NULL, 10);
+		r = simple_strtoul(argv[1], NULL, 0);
 
 	return -r - 2;
 }
 
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(exit)
-	.maxargs	= 1,
+	.maxargs	= 2,
 	.cmd		= do_exit,
-	.usage		= "exit    - exit script\n",
+	.usage		= "exit script",
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_HELP
+void u_boot_cmd_usage(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp)
+{
+#ifdef	CONFIG_LONGHELP
+		/* found - print (long) help info */
+		if (cmdtp->help) {
+			puts (cmdtp->help);
+		} else {
+			puts (cmdtp->name);
+			putc (' ');
+			puts ("- No help available.\n");
+		}
+		putc ('\n');
+#else	/* no long help available */
+		if (cmdtp->usage)
+			puts (cmdtp->usage);
+#endif	/* CONFIG_LONGHELP */
+}
+
 /*
  * Use puts() instead of printf() to avoid printf buffer overflow
  * for long help messages
  */
 int do_help (cmd_tbl_t * cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int i;
-	int rcode = 0;
-
 	if (argc == 1) {	/*show list of commands */
-
 		int cmd_items = &__u_boot_cmd_end -
 				&__u_boot_cmd_start;	/* pointer arith! */
-		cmd_tbl_t *cmd_array[cmd_items];
-		int i, j, swaps;
+		int i;
 
-		/* Make array of commands from .uboot_cmd section */
+		/* No need to sort the command list. The linker already did
+		 * this for us.
+		 */
 		cmdtp = &__u_boot_cmd_start;
 		for (i = 0; i < cmd_items; i++) {
-			cmd_array[i] = cmdtp++;
-		}
-
-		/* Sort command list (trivial bubble sort) */
-		for (i = cmd_items - 1; i > 0; --i) {
-			swaps = 0;
-			for (j = 0; j < i; ++j) {
-				if (strcmp (cmd_array[j]->name,
-					    cmd_array[j + 1]->name) > 0) {
-					cmd_tbl_t *tmp;
-					tmp = cmd_array[j];
-					cmd_array[j] = cmd_array[j + 1];
-					cmd_array[j + 1] = tmp;
-					++swaps;
-				}
-			}
-			if (!swaps)
-				break;
-		}
-
-		/* print short help (usage) */
-		for (i = 0; i < cmd_items; i++) {
-			const char *usage = cmd_array[i]->usage;
+			/* print short help (usage) */
 
 			/* allow user abort */
 			if (ctrlc ())
 				return 1;
-			if (usage == NULL)
+			if (!cmdtp->usage)
 				continue;
-			puts (usage);
+			printf("%10s - %s\n", cmdtp->name, cmdtp->usage);
+			cmdtp++;
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 	/*
 	 * command help (long version)
 	 */
-	for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
-		if ((cmdtp = find_cmd (argv[i])) != NULL) {
-#ifdef	CONFIG_LONGHELP
-			/* found - print (long) help info */
-			puts (cmdtp->name);
-			putc (' ');
-			if (cmdtp->help) {
-				puts (cmdtp->help);
-			} else {
-				puts ("- No help available.\n");
-				rcode = 1;
-			}
-			putc ('\n');
-#else	/* no long help available */
-			if (cmdtp->usage)
-				puts (cmdtp->usage);
-#endif	/* CONFIG_LONGHELP */
-		} else {
-			printf ("Unknown command '%s' - try 'help'"
-				" without arguments for list of all"
-				" known commands\n\n", argv[i]
-					);
-			rcode = 1;
-		}
+	if ((cmdtp = find_cmd (argv[1])) != NULL) {
+		u_boot_cmd_usage(cmdtp);
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		printf ("Unknown command '%s' - try 'help'"
+			" without arguments for list of all"
+			" known commands\n\n", argv[1]
+				);
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return rcode;
 }
 
-char *help_aliases[] = { "?", NULL};
+static char cmd_help_help[] =
+"Show help information (for 'command')\n"
+"'help' prints online help for the monitor commands.\n\n"
+"Without arguments, it prints a short usage message for all commands.\n\n"
+"To get detailed help information for specific commands you can type\n"
+"'help' with one or more command names as arguments.\n";
+
+static char *help_aliases[] = { "?", NULL};
 
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(help)
 	.maxargs	= 2,
 	.cmd		= do_help,
 	.aliases	= help_aliases,
-	.usage		= "help    - print online help\n",
-	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(
- 	"    - show help information (for 'command')\n"
- 	"'help' prints online help for the monitor commands.\n\n"
- 	"Without arguments, it prints a short usage message for all commands.\n\n"
- 	"To get detailed help information for specific commands you can type\n"
-	"'help' with one or more command names as arguments.\n")
+	.usage		= "print online help",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_help_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_CMD_HELP */
 
 /***************************************************************************
  * find command table entry for a command
diff --git a/common/env.c b/common/env.c
index 7d5a02162f..e8f841e46b 100644
--- a/common/env.c
+++ b/common/env.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ int do_printenv (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(printenv)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_printenv,
-	.usage		= "printenv- print environment variables\n",
+	.usage		= "print environment variables",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(
 	"\n    - print values of all environment variables\n"
 	"printenv name ...\n"
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ int do_setenv ( cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(setenv)
 	.maxargs	= CONFIG_MAXARGS,
 	.cmd		= do_setenv,
-	.usage		= "setenv  - set environment variables\n",
+	.usage		= "set environment variables",
 	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(
 	"name value ...\n"
 	"    - set environment variable 'name' to 'value ...'\n"
diff --git a/common/environment.c b/common/environment.c
index 0e1b475e01..416eb060d9 100644
--- a/common/environment.c
+++ b/common/environment.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ out:
 #ifdef __U_BOOT__
 int do_saveenv(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	int ret;
 	char *filename, *dirname;
 
 	printf("saving environment\n");
@@ -109,13 +110,24 @@ int do_saveenv(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	else
 		filename = argv[1];
 
-	return envfs_save(filename, dirname);
+	ret = envfs_save(filename, dirname);
+	if (ret)
+		printf("saveenv failed\n");
+	return ret;
 }
 
+static char cmd_saveenv_help[] =
+"Usage: saveenv [DIRECTORY] [ENVFS]\n"
+"Save the files in <directory> to the persistent storage device <envfs>.\n"
+"<envfs> is normally a block in flash, but could be any other file.\n"
+"If ommitted <directory> defaults to /env and <envfs> defaults to /dev/env0.\n"
+"Note that envfs can only handle files. Directories are skipped silently.\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(saveenv)
 	.maxargs	= 3,
 	.cmd		= do_saveenv,
-	.usage		= "saveenv - save environment to persistent storage\n",
+	.usage		= "save environment to persistent storage",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_saveenv_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 #endif /* __U_BOOT__ */
 
@@ -208,9 +220,17 @@ int do_loadenv(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 	return envfs_load(filename, dirname);
 }
 
+static char cmd_loadenv_help[] =
+"Usage: loadenv [DIRECTORY] [ENVFS]\n"
+"Load the persistent storage contained in <envfs> to the directory\n"
+"<directory>.\n"
+"If ommitted <directory> defaults to /env and <envfs> defaults to /dev/env0.\n"
+"Note that envfs can only handle files. Directories are skipped silently.\n";
+
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(loadenv)
 	.maxargs	= 3,
 	.cmd		= do_loadenv,
-	.usage		= "loadenv - load environment from persistent storage\n",
+	.usage		= "load environment from persistent storage",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_loadenv_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 #endif /* __U_BOOT__ */
diff --git a/common/partition.c b/common/partition.c
index e27010d577..15d44305f1 100644
--- a/common/partition.c
+++ b/common/partition.c
@@ -35,18 +35,21 @@ struct device_d *dev_add_partition(struct device_d *dev, unsigned long offset, s
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void dev_del_partitions(struct device_d *dev)
+static void dev_del_partitions(struct device_d *physdev)
 {
-        struct device_d *p;
+        struct device_d *dev;
         char buf[MAX_DRIVER_NAME];
         int i = 0;
 
         /* This is lame. Devices should to able to have children */
-        while(1) {
-                sprintf(buf, "%s.%d", dev->id, i);
-                p = device_from_spec_str(buf, NULL);
-                if (p)
-                        unregister_device(p);
+        while (1) {
+                sprintf(buf, "%s.%d", physdev->id, i);
+                dev = device_from_spec_str(buf, NULL);
+                if (dev) {
+			struct partition *part = dev->type_data;
+                        unregister_device(dev);
+			free(part);
+		}
                 else
                         break;
                 i++;
@@ -58,7 +61,6 @@ int mtd_part_do_parse_one (struct partition *part, const char *str, char **endp)
         ulong size;
         char *end;
         char buf[MAX_DRIVER_NAME];
-        int ro = 0;
 
 	memset(buf, 0, MAX_DRIVER_NAME);
 
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ int mtd_part_do_parse_one (struct partition *part, const char *str, char **endp)
         str = end;
 
         if (*str == 'r' && *(str + 1) == 'o') {
-                ro = 1;
+                part->readonly = 1;
                 end = (char *)(str + 2);
         }
 
@@ -165,6 +167,25 @@ int do_addpart ( cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
         return 0;
 }
 
+static char cmd_addpart_help[] =
+"Usage: addpart <partition description>\n"
+"addpart adds a partition description to a device. The partition description\n"
+"has the form\n"
+"dev:size1(name1)[ro],size2(name2)[ro],...\n"
+"<dev> is the device name under /dev. Size can be given in decimal or if\n"
+"prefixed with 0x in hex. Sizes can have an optional suffix K,M,G. The size\n"
+"of the last partition can be specified as '-' for the remaining space of the\n"
+"device.\n"
+"This format is the same as used in the Linux kernel for cmdline mtd partitions.\n"
+"Note That this command has to be reworked and will probably change it's API.";
+
+U_BOOT_CMD_START(addpart)
+	.maxargs	= 2,
+	.cmd		= do_addpart,
+	.usage		= "add a partition table to a device",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_addpart_help)
+U_BOOT_CMD_END
+
 int do_delpart ( cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 {
         struct device_d *dev;
@@ -185,27 +206,19 @@ int do_delpart ( cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
         return 0;
 }
 
-U_BOOT_CMD_START(addpart)
-	.maxargs	= 2,
-	.cmd		= do_addpart,
-	.usage		= "addpart     - add a partition table to a device\n",
-U_BOOT_CMD_END
+static char cmd_delpart_help[] =
+"Usage: delpart <dev>\n"
+"Delete partitions previously added to a device with addpart.\n"
+"Note: You have to specify the device as 'devid', _not_ as '/dev/devid'. This\n"
+"will likely change soon.\n";
 
 U_BOOT_CMD_START(delpart)
 	.maxargs	= 2,
 	.cmd		= do_delpart,
-	.usage		= "delpart     - delete a partition table from a device\n",
+	.usage		= "delete a partition table from a device",
+	U_BOOT_CMD_HELP(cmd_delpart_help)
 U_BOOT_CMD_END
 
-static int part_probe(struct device_d *dev)
-{
-        struct partition *part = dev->type_data;
-
-        printf("registering partition %s on device %s (size=0x%08x, name=%s)\n",
-                        dev->id, part->physdev->id, dev->size, part->name);
-        return 0;
-}
-
 static int part_erase(struct device_d *dev, size_t count, unsigned long offset)
 {
         struct partition *part = dev->type_data;
@@ -227,15 +240,33 @@ static ssize_t part_write(struct device_d *dev, const void *buf, size_t count, u
 {
         struct partition *part = dev->type_data;
 
-        return dev_write(part->physdev, buf, count, offset + part->offset, flags);
+	if (part->readonly)
+		return -EROFS;
+	else
+		return dev_write(part->physdev, buf, count, offset + part->offset, flags);
+}
+
+static int part_probe(struct device_d *dev)
+{
+        struct partition *part = dev->type_data;
+
+        printf("registering partition %s on device %s (size=0x%08x, name=%s)\n",
+                        dev->id, part->physdev->id, dev->size, part->name);
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static int part_remove(struct device_d *dev)
+{
+	return 0;
 }
 
 struct driver_d part_driver = {
-        .name  = "partition",
-        .probe = part_probe,
-        .read  = part_read,
-        .write = part_write,
-        .erase = part_erase,
+        .name  	= "partition",
+        .probe 	= part_probe,
+	.remove = part_remove,
+        .read  	= part_read,
+        .write 	= part_write,
+        .erase 	= part_erase,
 };
 
 static int partition_init(void)