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From: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 6/6] efi_loader: bootmgr: run an EFI application of a given load option
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:48:15 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181018054814.GI32578@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cd7be176-78b0-a8c8-6957-54a0c7f0612e@suse.de>

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 10:43:22AM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
> 
> 
> On 17.10.18 09:32, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> > With this patch applied, we will be able to selectively execute
> > an EFI application by specifying a load option, say "-1" for Boot0001,
> > "-2" for Boot0002 and so on.
> > 
> >   => bootefi bootmgr -1 <fdt addr>
> 
> I don't think -1 is very good user experience :). How about
>   => bootefi bootmgr Boot0001 <fdt addr>

It looks like u-boot's run command with six more characters!
How about this:

 => bootefi bootmgr #1 <fdt addr>

or allowing "-" as empty fdt,

 => bootefi bootmgr - 1

Otherwise, a new sub command?

 => bootefi run 1, or
 => efi(shell) run 1

# Discussing UI is a fun or mess.

Thanks,
-Takahiro Akashi

> 
> Alex

  reply	other threads:[~2018-10-18  5:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-17  7:32 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/6] efi: make efi and bootmgr more usable AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-17  7:32 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/6] fs: update fs_dev_part in fs_set_blk_dev_with_part() AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-17  7:32 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/6] efi_loader: add efi_dp_from_name() AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-17 10:46   ` [U-Boot] [U-Boot,2/6] " Heinrich Schuchardt
2018-10-17 10:48     ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2018-10-17  7:32 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/6] efi_loader: bootmgr: add load option helper functions AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-17  8:40   ` Alexander Graf
2018-10-18  7:57     ` AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-18  8:39       ` Alexander Graf
2018-10-22  5:48         ` AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-17  7:32 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/6] cmd: add efishell command AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-17  7:32 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/6] bootefi: carve out fdt parameter handling AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-17  7:32 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 6/6] efi_loader: bootmgr: run an EFI application of a given load option AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-17  8:43   ` Alexander Graf
2018-10-18  5:48     ` AKASHI Takahiro [this message]
2018-10-18  8:46       ` Alexander Graf
2018-10-22  5:37         ` AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-22  6:58           ` Alexander Graf
2018-10-23  3:18             ` AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-17  8:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/6] efi: make efi and bootmgr more usable Alexander Graf
2018-10-18  5:24   ` AKASHI Takahiro
2018-10-18  9:03     ` Alexander Graf

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