From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [RFC][PATCH] bootcount: add support to customize bootcount variable name
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:06:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190909160627.7E86A24003E@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1568037413-28155-1-git-send-email-philippe.reynes@softathome.com>
Dear Philippe,
In message <1568037413-28155-1-git-send-email-philippe.reynes@softathome.com> you wrote:
> This commit add an option to customize the bootcount variable
> name in the u-boot environment. To stay compatible with old config,
> the default name is bootcount.
Which exact problem are you trying to fix with this commit?
I mean, we have a ton of variable names with fixed meaning, which
have been in use for nearly 2 decades - bootcmd, bootargs,
bootcount, ...
What is wrong with the "boootcount" name?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-09 16:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-09 13:56 [U-Boot] [RFC][PATCH] bootcount: add support to customize bootcount variable name Philippe Reynes
2019-09-09 16:06 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2019-09-09 16:41 ` Philippe REYNES
2019-09-10 8:23 ` Wolfgang Denk
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