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

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Apr 23 23:34:17 CEST 2007


In message <009701c785de$2e8a7bd0$9003960a at atmel.com> you wrote:
>
> 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...

There are obviously many different views on that topic...

But if you want to have it that way, why not enable  the  hush  shell
and  implement a simple menu based entry system which you run as boot
command. It's straightforward. And it's all there. No changes needed.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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