From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] powerpc/85xx: corenet_ds: increase console buffer size to 1024
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:11:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110925201134.0975D1407995@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110923140020.1eac241b.kim.phillips@freescale.com>
Dear Kim Phillips,
In message <20110923140020.1eac241b.kim.phillips@freescale.com> you wrote:
>
> > Can you explain this in a bit more detail.
>
> if, for whatever reason, the nfsboot env var has been
> modified/deleted, one can't restore it via the command line
> because it doesn't fit in the buffer. Currently command-line typing
> stops 2 chars short of its full definition, i.e,. at the 2nd 'd' in
> 'fdtaddr':
>
> => setenv nfsboot 'setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=$serverip:$rootpath ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname:$netdev:off console=$consoledev,$baudrate $othbootargs;tftp $loadaddr $bootfile;tftp $fdtaddr $fdtfile;bootm $loadaddr - $
> fdtadd
Instead of extending buffer sizes just to be able to enter some
incomrephensible looooong variable setting you should try and figure
out how to structure environment settings, so they become easier to
understand and to manage to the end user.
The manual holds some pretty edicative examples.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-25 20:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-22 16:38 [U-Boot] [PATCH] powerpc/85xx: corenet_ds: increase console buffer size to 1024 Kim Phillips
2011-09-23 18:22 ` Kumar Gala
2011-09-23 19:00 ` Kim Phillips
2011-09-25 20:11 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2011-09-26 16:27 ` Kim Phillips
2011-09-26 18:09 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-09-26 21:11 ` Scott Wood
2011-09-26 22:15 ` Brian Grayson
2011-09-26 22:55 ` Kim Phillips
2011-09-27 9:45 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-09-27 18:26 ` Scott Wood
2011-09-28 20:57 ` Wolfgang Denk
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