[U-Boot] Initial environment variables
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Fri Jul 17 00:23:58 CEST 2009
Dear Ron Madrid,
In message <401734.38482.qm at web83507.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> you wrote:
>
> > the board maintainer decides the default env values, not
> > board users. Ben's
> > comment was probably on the assumption that you are in the
> > latter category.
>
> Ah, that could be why. Thankfully I am the maintainer for the board. So I
> am going to assume then that it would be OK for me to add these variable
> settings to my board's include/configs file and submit a patch for it,
> unless I here other objections.
We do not accept any "default network configurations" in the board
configuration. It makes no sense when all boards come up with the
very same network setting - it only causes problems and frustration.
[Don't tell me about "useful" use cases - all thse can be done in
different ways, easier.]
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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