[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Allow console input to be disabled

Detlev Zundel
2008-08-07T12:19:10Z

Hi Haavard,

> Mark Jackson <mpfj@mimc.co.uk> wrote:
>> Added CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_INPUT define.
>>
>> When used (in conjunction with CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE) it disables all console input.
>
> Does anyone have an opinion about this? I think it's a nice thing to
> have.

Hm, defining this and then "setenv silent=1;saveenv;reset" and we have
lost any chance to access u-boot command line? This looks pretty
dangerous to me, so I do not particularly like it.

What is the original motivation to skip the input?

Cheers
Detlev

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