[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/5] New environment code

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <201007171728.27716.vapier@gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> i wonder if we could #ifdef the sorting/hashing.  i tend to agree with 

The sorting does not take much:

	-> size lib/qsort.o  
	   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
	    264       0       0     264     108 lib/qsort.o

The hashing on the other hand might be replacable.

> Reinhard that it is very common for boards to be deployed with a small env, so 
> i wonder if the normal runtime experience is actually faster, or if the 
> difference is about the same as system noise: boot u-boot, load env with ~20 
> entries, read a few env vars, boot OS.

Yes, this is one common use case.

But then, I see also systems that are running pretty complex shell
scripts to implement features like reliable software updates etc., and
there we see an improvment.


Also, speed is just one aspect - for me the capability of having
several "profiles" is much, much more important.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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