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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Cc: U-Boot Mailing List <u-boot@lists.denx.de>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk>,
	Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>,
	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>,
	Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/7] env: Allow U-Boot scripts to be placed in a .env file
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:11:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3496924.1634559107@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211015183321.v7.3.Ie78bfbfca0d01d9cba501e127f446ec48e1f7afe@changeid>

Dear Simon,

In message <20211015183321.v7.3.Ie78bfbfca0d01d9cba501e127f446ec48e1f7afe@changeid> you wrote:
>
> Add a feature that brings in a .env file associated with the board
> config, if present. To use it, create a file in a board/<vendor>/env
> directory called <board>.env (or common.env if you want the same
> environment for all boards).

The cover letter does not mention a separate "env" directory - and
do we really need it?  I will almost always contain just a single
file - so env/<board>.env is an just unnecessary complication.

> Also support += to allow variables to be appended to. This is needed when
> using the preprocessor.
...
> - Explain why variables starting with _ , and / are not supported
...
> - Move use of += to this patch
> - Explain that environment variables may not end in +

I feel all these restrictions should also be mentioned in the commit
message, not only in the code.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-18 12:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-16  0:33 [PATCH v7 0/7] env: Allow environment in text files Simon Glass
2021-10-16  0:33 ` [PATCH v7 1/7] sandbox: Drop distro_boot Simon Glass
2021-10-16  0:33 ` [PATCH v7 2/7] doc: Move environment documentation to rST Simon Glass
2021-10-16  0:33 ` [PATCH v7 3/7] env: Allow U-Boot scripts to be placed in a .env file Simon Glass
2021-10-18 12:11   ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2021-10-16  0:33 ` [PATCH v7 4/7] sandbox: Use a text-based environment Simon Glass
2021-10-16  0:33 ` [PATCH v7 5/7] doc: Mention CONFIG_DEFAULT_ENV_FILE Simon Glass
2021-10-18 13:56   ` Wolfgang Denk
2021-10-16  0:33 ` [PATCH v7 6/7] doc: Improve environment documentation Simon Glass
2021-10-16  0:33 ` [PATCH v7 7/7] bootm: Tidy up use of autostart env var Simon Glass
2021-10-18 12:06 ` [PATCH v7 0/7] env: Allow environment in text files Wolfgang Denk
2021-10-18 18:12   ` Simon Glass

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