[U-Boot] [PATCH] wandboard: add pxe support, set default boot command like highbank

[Tom Rini]

On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 01:29:20PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Tom Rini <trini at ti.com> wrote:
> >> Well, OE and Yocto allow to build fine-tuned target environments; they
> >> really don't have any new requirements as "standard" distros like
> >> Fedroa do.
> >
> > Yeah, and it's also true that less per machine hacking you have to do
> > with each new board, the easier it is (and the better the out of box
> > experience it is on their side).  We just synced up the environment on
> > wandboard with how OE likes to see it.  If it was instead they just had
> > to provide an environment text file in the machine overlay or even just
> > generate a default one (since the image is only going to have one kernel
> > most likely), it'd be a win on that side.
> 
> Yes but OE is not the best reference here. There we can do whatever is need.

Well, all distros can do whatever is needed, it's about making what's
needed as easy / low maintenance as possible.

> One thing I do miss is consistency. I've been trying to keep all
> Freescale boards I work with in sync, and it does make my life easier
> so I don't need to read the environment to understand how to
> accomplish what I need.

Exactly.

> Simon's proposal for text version of default environment is a move to
> the right  direction, it seems, as will easy reuse of environment
> among boards.

I need to look at this again, I think the biggest problem / concern I
had was about multi-line stuff.

> I think, specially for development kits, the  default environment must
> be as flexible and generic as possible. Part of product development
> will be trimm it to fulfil product needs. I agree with Tom that we
> need to get a better and more general used default environment
> setting.

Right.  And well documented enough so that product developers can tell
what they do and don't need, and what might be helpful if they avail
themselves of it.

-- 
Tom
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