[U-Boot] fw_setenv broken?

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:39:33 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Stefano Babic wrote:
> > On 11/17/2010 05:30 PM, Steve Sakoman wrote:
> > > I'm seeing some strange behavior with the fw_setenv tools on OMAP.
> > > 
> > > Here's what I see when using the tools on OMAP (overo in this case):
> > > 
> > > 1. fw_printenv prints the environment with no issues [1]
> > > 2. fw_setenv allows me to change a variable with no reported errors [2]
> > > 3. fw_printenv will print the changed environment, however the
> > > variables are not sorted [3]
> > 
> > I tested yesterday on a davinci board, I can confirm this behavior, I
> > have not thought was an error. I do not see any code in fw_env.c to sort
> > variables. I konow the variables are sorted in u-boot, but do we ever
> > have this feature on the userland fw_printenv ?
> 
> Indeed this behaviour is normal. fw_printenv does not sort the output
> (not yet - patches welcome).

why bloat the code ?  why cant people simply: `fw_printenv | sort` ?
-mike
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