[U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] Add env var giving the board revision

[Jeroen Hofstee <dasuboot@myspectrum.nl>]

On 08/12/2012 11:06 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear =?utf-8?Q?Beno=C3=AEt_Th=C3=A9baudeau?=,
>
> In message <1323086777.2324156.1344780597072.JavaMail.root@advansee.com> you wrote:
>> Anyway, when you will have implemented read-only and volatile flags for env
>> vars, this patch will no longer be needed. But with the current code, there is
>> no way board-specific code can create a board revision env var and make it
>> read-only, except with this patch.
> Correct, so far we don't support custom read-only variables.  But if
> we add these, then in a generic way, and definitely not for a single,
> specific variable.   This is a lesson we learned form experience.
>
I didn't follow this thread, but would it be an option to create a command
for these kind of things, instead of read-only variables? e.g. some like

if get revision out; then;
     echo $out;
else;
     echo revision not supported
fi;

Just a though, regards,

Jeroen