[U-Boot-Users] RFC: hidden environment variables

Ulf Samuelsson ulf at atmel.com
Mon Apr 23 21:32:43 CEST 2007


> I guess I don't see why anything needs to be hidden.  If somebody has
> access to the U-boot prompt, they control the board anyway.  From my
> perspective, it's for expert use only.  Anything going to 'the field' as
> an end product should have the countdown disabled, booting straight to
> OS.  Of course, that's the perspective from my point of view.  Over the
> last few days it's become clear to me that people here have a wide
> variety of use cases and expectations regarding U-boot.
> 

Too much information = information overload for many...
I really would like to see something much closer to a PC boot screen.
where people fill in fields of information, instead of doing setenv...

Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson





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