[U-Boot] RFC: config_distro_bootcmd aesthetic change

[Fabio Estevam]

HI Jon,

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 2:18 PM Jon Nettleton <jon at solid-run.com> wrote:
>
> I figured I would post this topic without the patchset I currently
> have, and instead just test the waters to get some input on how the
> community would feel about this change.
>
> What I have done is to migrate all the functions from
> config_distro_bootcmd.h to be .functions() so by default they are
> hidden from the env print commands, but are still accessible from env
> print -a.  My reasoning for doing this is as follows.
>
> 1)  It makes the more common configured environment variables the main
> output of env print.  Especially on a console this makes custom
> configuration far simpler to grok.
> 2) With another patch we can then choose the option to not store and
> restore the .variables to the env instead always accepting the built
> in defaults.  This makes it much simpler to upgrade the logic behind
> the common distro bootflow with binary firmware updates but without
> forcing a user to env default -f -a and then reset their custom
> variables.
> 3) Reduces the storage size required for an environment on the disk.
> With the two previous integration changes it reduces my saved
> environment by almost 4KB.  from 4.3KB down to ~500 bytes.
>
> I am happy to upload the patches, but again wanted to see if this is
> even something that the community would even entertain integrating
> before adding unnecessary patch noise.

Sounds like a good idea. Please post the patches.

Thanks