[PATCH 11/11] bootm: Support string substitution in bootargs

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Simon,

In message <CAPnjgZ3sg693VXsEpvjnvkuUzfF612cxWvpWuvx_XiVNgQH4Jg at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > You add something unconditionally to common code which very few
> > people need.  U-Boot size is growing all the time because of such
> > ... features.  This may be acceptable on the systems you have in
> > mind, but I consider this selfish.
>
> Did you see the Kconfig option?

So you claim the size does not grow with the feature not selected?

> > Why do we have to add yet another non-standard way of substituting
> > variables in a string?  Can we not use alreay existing methonds
> > instead?
>
> What sort of methods?

Variable substitution?

> > Why do you have to use "%U" in your template instead of for example
> > "${uuid}" ?
>
> This is what Chrome OS uses, so it is easier this way, Otherwise I
> have to replace %U with ${uuid} first.

That's what I meant when I wrote "selfish" ;-)

> Which code can I use to parse the ${var} thing?

setenv and run ?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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