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From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] RFC: hidden environment variables
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:45:43 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <462D0CE7.1060009@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1177357190.3904.80.camel@saruman.qstreams.net>

Ben Warren wrote:

> Sure, but I don't think info overload was Timur's primary concern.  I
> thought he wanted to make the variables RO from the command prompt.
> Maybe I misunderstood.

No, I just wanted a way for U-Boot code to store data in the environment without 
interference from the user.  The reason I want to use the environment is that it already 
exists, and it already has a mechanism for saving itself to flash.

So, the obvious question is, "well, what kind of data?".  I have an idea where the user 
can tell U-Boot how the board is jumpered, so that when it boots the kernel, it can modify 
the device tree on-the-fly based on the jumper settings.  I don't want to use the setenv 
command, however, to specify these jumper settings.  I want to use a new command that does 
some parameter checking and performs other operations.

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale

  reply	other threads:[~2007-04-23 19:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-23 16:46 [U-Boot-Users] RFC: hidden environment variables Timur Tabi
2007-04-23 17:29 ` Grant Likely
2007-04-23 18:47 ` Ulf Samuelsson
2007-04-23 19:22 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-23 20:28   ` Scott Wood
2007-04-23 21:51     ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-23 23:20       ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-24  0:12         ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-24 18:58           ` Rune Torgersen
2007-04-23 19:28 ` Ben Warren
2007-04-23 19:32   ` Ulf Samuelsson
2007-04-23 19:39     ` Ben Warren
2007-04-23 19:45       ` Timur Tabi [this message]
2007-04-23 19:53         ` Ben Warren
2007-04-23 21:49           ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-23 22:04             ` Ben Warren
2007-04-23 21:37         ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-23 21:56           ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-23 22:13             ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-23 23:19               ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-24  0:06                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-23 21:34     ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-24  9:05     ` Ladislav Michl
2007-04-23 19:49   ` Scott Wood
2007-04-23 21:40     ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-23 19:50   ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-23 20:05     ` Jeff Mann
2007-04-23 21:46       ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-23 21:51       ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-23 22:05         ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-23 23:14           ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-23 23:52             ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-24 13:43               ` Truong, Loc
2007-04-23 21:43     ` Wolfgang Denk

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