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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] env: allow default environment to be amended from control dtb
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:31:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <152739.1605612667@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPnjgZ3Tdkr-r0D1q-nk48pfGvoMG4ZodUJLh_ZxMQAQb3E=wg@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Simon,

In message <CAPnjgZ3Tdkr-r0D1q-nk48pfGvoMG4ZodUJLh_ZxMQAQb3E=wg@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > Apending data to it is not acceptable.  If you need to append data,
> > then only to the regular environment.
> >
> > And please, for the sake of avoiding further confusiion, please do
> > not name this "default-environment".
>
> Apart from what Wolfgang says here, it does seem useful.

On the other hand I wonder in which way "appending to the existing
environment" is different from what "env import" does?

> I wonder if we should have a way to load the (whole) environment from DT?

You mean adding a DT type specifier to the "env import" command?

Sounds good to me...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-11-17 11:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-10 20:25 [PATCH 0/5] allow default environment to be amended from dtb Rasmus Villemoes
2020-11-10 20:25 ` [PATCH 1/5] fdtdec: make fdtdec_get_config_string() return const char* Rasmus Villemoes
2020-11-16 23:52   ` Simon Glass
2020-11-10 20:26 ` [PATCH 2/5] fdtdec: introduce fdtdec_get_config_property Rasmus Villemoes
2020-11-16 23:52   ` Simon Glass
2020-11-10 20:26 ` [PATCH 3/5] env: make env_set_default_vars() return void Rasmus Villemoes
2020-11-12 19:51   ` Wolfgang Denk
2020-11-10 20:26 ` [PATCH 4/5] env: allow default environment to be amended from control dtb Rasmus Villemoes
2020-11-12 19:58   ` Wolfgang Denk
2020-11-16 23:52     ` Simon Glass
2020-11-17  9:49       ` Rasmus Villemoes
2020-11-20 10:13         ` Wolfgang Denk
2020-11-20 10:33           ` Rasmus Villemoes
2020-11-20 10:53             ` Wolfgang Denk
2020-11-17 11:31       ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2020-11-17 18:23         ` Tom Rini
2020-11-18 14:37           ` Simon Glass
2020-11-20 10:28             ` Wolfgang Denk
2020-11-21 23:07               ` Simon Glass
2020-11-22 16:12                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2020-11-20 10:16           ` Wolfgang Denk
2020-11-17 10:01   ` Stefano Babic
2020-11-10 20:26 ` [PATCH 5/5] test: add tests for default environment Rasmus Villemoes

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