[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 9/9] cmd: env: add "-e" option for handling UEFI variables

[Alexander Graf]

On 01/15/2019 04:47 AM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 1/15/19 3:55 AM, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
>> "env [print|set] -e" allows for handling uefi variables without
>> knowing details about mapping to corresponding u-boot variables.
> Why do we need two alternative ways to achieve the same result?
> We already have 'efitool setvar' and 'efitool dumpvar'.

I asked for it.

If it was me, I would just drop the "efitool" versions. The more we can 
have in common code / CLI, the better for everyone.

But if Takahiro is passionate about having everything accessible through 
a single efi helper command for his debugging, I wouldn't oppose to it :).


Alex