[U-Boot] [PATCH] Add support for setting environment variable from RAM.

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Eric Nelson,

In message <4988BBC0.4070004 at boundarydevices.com> you wrote:
>
> As I mentioned, the customer requesting the feature has a regulatory
> requirement any time __code__ changes. They have interpreted boot loader
> scripts as being executable, so they have to write checks if the script
> changes, but not if "data" changes. They interpret a file containing a
> variable as data.

Hm... If we think this to a logical end that would mean that you have
to disable the setenv command completely, as any variable can in fact
contain a sequence of commands that might get run,  thus  environment
data should be treated as code ;-)

> > I think I will reject your patch.
> > 
> That's reasonable. I don't mind carrying the patch around for this customer,
> and you're the one preventing U-Boot from becoming bloated over time.
> 
> I appreciate all of your efforts.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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