[U-Boot] RFC: Alternative command name for 'tftpput'

[Joe Hershberger]

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm stumbling again over a problem introduced with the "tftpput"
> command and its naming, as it breaks some of the old scripts that
> I and others still use. As you know, when this command is enabled
> (which I find quite useful from time to time), "tftp" can't be
> used any more as an shorthand for "tftpboot".
>
> What do others feel about this naming? Would it be acceptable, if
> I post a patch to rename this "tftpput" command into something
> else (e.g. netput, ethput, ...)? Or perhaps its possible to add
> an alias for the "tftpboot" command as "tftp", allowing the
> usage of all 3 commands:
>
> tftpboot:       TFTP get
> tftp:           TFTP get
> tftpput:        TFTP put

I'd be fine with a tftp command. Ideally we would then get rid of or
phase out tftpput and instead have a "tftp put" sub-command.

No idea if there are now scripts that use tftpput that we want to
avoid breaking, or is it new enough / development-focused enough that
it's unlikely.

-Joe