[U-Boot] [PATCH V3 1/3] imx-common/cmd_resetmode.c: add imx resetmode command

Stefano Babic sbabic at denx.de
Sat Aug 11 19:44:02 CEST 2012


On 10/08/2012 03:09, Eric Nelson wrote:

>> How difficult would it be for someone to implement a general "alias"
>> command ?
>> ie. 'alias bootto "resetmode $1 && reset"'
>>
> 
> It's usually a customer that asks the "How hard would it be?" question,
> but you can almost get there like this:
> 
>     U-Boot> set mynewcommand "echo Hello"
>         U-Boot> $mynewcommand
>     Hello
>     U-Boot> $mynewcommand World
>     Hello World

This does not work: you should issue "run $mynewcommand World"

And this let me slowly remember at:

http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/TaskHandleVarsLikeCommands

I completely forgotten this issue, and I have never update the status of
my patch. Is ther estill some interest on this or have I missed
something and now is the behavior in shell as in your example ?

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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