[U-Boot] [RFC] env: Group environment variables

John Schmoller
2009-11-04T20:37:44Z

On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 16:36 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 November 2009 13:17:12 John Schmoller wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 13:55 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 04 November 2009 11:34:12 John Schmoller wrote:
> > > > This patch groups environment variables using a non-invasive protocol.
> > > > Grouping is achieved by setting a "grouping" variable to a string of
> > > > variables, and setting the master grouping variable, "env_groups" to
> > > > the list of these grouping variables.
> > > >
> > > > For instance,
> > > > setenv net ipaddr netmask gatewayip serverip
> > > > setenv boot bootcmd bootdelay bootargs
> > > > setenv env_groups net boot
> > > >
> > > > would print 4 variables grouped under net, 3 variables grouped under
> > > > boot, and the rest of the variables grouped under "other". If
> > > > env_groups is not defined, print behaves normally.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: John Schmoller <jschmoller@xes-inc.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > I'm interesetd in seeing peoples opinions of this implementation of
> > > > grouping environment variables. My major concerns about this
> > > > implementation are
> > >
> > > my main concern is bloat. while i guess it would make nicer `printenv`,
> > > i'm not going to use it. so please put it behind a config option so it
> > > doesnt waste space on all boards.
> >
> > I can certainly do that. It is a requested feature on the U-Boot task
> > list[1], so I didn't think that was needed, but I'll do it if that's
> > what people want.
>
> sure, i'm not saying people other than me dont want it, just that i dont think
> it's something you can call "core required functionality". Wolfgang's call of
> course, but i'd like to see it behind a CONFIG (preferably disabled by
> default).

Will do. I'll wait to see if anyone has any other comments about
implementation before resending.

John