From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] Add env var giving the board revision
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:54:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201208121054.13838.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1642597694.2324115.1344780168514.JavaMail.root@advansee.com>
On Sunday 12 August 2012 10:02:48 Beno?t Th?baudeau wrote:
> Dear Wolfgang Denk,
> > > I have searched such a usage in the tree, but did not find any, so
> > > this should
> > > not break anything.
> >
> > You cannot expect to see the real, production environments in the
> > mainline source tree.
>
> Right, but the same applied to serial# and ethaddr when they were added,
> except if U-Boot deployment was not large enough at that time to worry
> you.
which makes all the difference in the world. those two variables were set up
this way before 2002 (at least, that's according to the git history, and
that's when the source code was first imported, so i can't easily check just
how far back it goes). as the project grows up, policies evolve.
-mike
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Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-10 17:44 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/5] Cleanup and extend env vars Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-10 17:45 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5] fw_env: Add env vars describing U-Boot target board Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-09-18 19:04 ` [U-Boot] [U-Boot, " Tom Rini
2012-08-10 17:45 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/5] env_common: Add missing ethprime Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-09-18 19:05 ` [U-Boot] [U-Boot,2/5] " Tom Rini
2012-08-10 17:45 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/5] env import/export: Remove from help if disabled Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-11 17:48 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-09-18 19:05 ` [U-Boot] [U-Boot, " Tom Rini
2012-08-10 17:45 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/5] README: The ver env var is not read-only Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-11 17:48 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-08-11 18:07 ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-12 11:54 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-08-12 13:58 ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-12 14:49 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-08-13 13:01 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH] README: Update ver env var description Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-17 4:20 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-09-02 16:56 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-08-12 11:49 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/5] README: The ver env var is not read-only Wolfgang Denk
2012-08-10 17:46 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] Add env var giving the board revision Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-11 17:48 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-08-11 19:11 ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-12 11:58 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-08-12 14:02 ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-12 14:09 ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-12 21:06 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-08-12 21:21 ` Jeroen Hofstee
2012-08-12 14:54 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2012-08-12 17:11 ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-12 21:20 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-08-12 21:35 ` Benoît Thébaudeau
2012-08-13 9:59 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-08-13 0:28 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-08-12 21:05 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-08-12 11:51 ` Wolfgang Denk
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