From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Frysinger Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:18:54 -0400 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/5] New environment code In-Reply-To: <20100717214157.BA49E153A7F@gemini.denx.de> References: <1279395948-25864-1-git-send-email-wd@denx.de> <201007171728.27716.vapier@gentoo.org> <20100717214157.BA49E153A7F@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <201007172218.55786.vapier@gentoo.org> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Saturday, July 17, 2010 17:41:57 Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > 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. which is why i suggested an ifdef. i didnt say the features you're introducing arent useful to many people, just that they are not necessary to many others. -mike -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/attachments/20100717/39a90e9f/attachment.pgp