[PATCH] cmd: env: Add `indirect` to indirectly set values
Simon Glass
sjg at chromium.org
Tue Dec 28 09:33:22 CET 2021
Hi Samuel,
On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 at 16:32, Samuel Dionne-Riel <samuel at dionne-riel.com> wrote:
>
> This allows an ergonomic-enough approximation of ${!variable} expansion.
> This could be used the following way:
>
> ```
> for target in ${boot_targets}; do
> env indirect target_name target_name_${target}
> # ...
> done
> ```
How is this different from:
for target in ${boot_targets}; do
env set target_name target_name_${target}
# ...
done
Can you add a few more details?
Also needs some sort of update to doc/
> Assuming `target_name_mmc0` and similar are set appropriately.
>
> A default value can be optionally provided.
>
> Note: this acts on environment variables, not hush variables.
>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Dionne-Riel <samuel at dionne-riel.com>
> Cc: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> Cc: "Marek Behún" <marek.behun at nic.cz>
> ---
> cmd/Kconfig | 4 ++++
> cmd/nvedit.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+)
Regards,
Simon
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