[U-Boot-Users] actual stxxtc board maintainer?

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <474B14C2.8030708 at ge.com> you wrote:
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> Passing bd_t via the device tree is evil and should die (it probably is 

Agreed.

> Passing the u-boot env via the device tree seems like a very useful 
> thing to keep.  IMHO, this is a better way of accessing the u-boot 

Ummm ... what would itr be good for?

> variables than fw_printenv.  The problem with this concept currently is that

In which way is that better? One significan drawback is that such
access would necessarily be read-only, while with fw_setenv you can
modify the environment.

But really, why would an additional copy be better? TO me it seems
just a waste of CPU cycles and memory footprint.

> I would propose we keep the ability to embed the env variables in the 
> blob, positioning ourselves to improving (a) and (b) going forward.

I fail to see any benefit from doing that...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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