[U-Boot] [PATCH] boot cmds: convert to getenv_yesno() with autostart

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <201012071657.42065.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> > In addition to the default values, there is the difference that the
> > documentation states that "autostart" has to be set to "yes", i. e. a
> > plain "y" is not supposed to mean 'yes'.
>
> consider it an enhancement then ?  i dont see a problem with making the values 
> fuzzier.  personally, i make funcs like this accept any of the common strings 
> such as true/false/0/1/y/n/yes/no.

That should be documented, then.  And it should be sensible not to
accept anything.  A typo like "yno" should IMHO _not_ be interpreted
as "yes".

> > I think the easiest way to fix this is to revert the commit.
>
> it's in "next", so it could even just be dropped

Yes, but then I have to rebase next...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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