[PATCH] efidebug: Introduce bootmgr command

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

On 10.02.21 12:23, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Ilias,
>
> In message <20210210105425.356131-1-ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org> you wrote:
>> Up to now we've been adding all the efi related configuration to
>> 'efidebug' command.  The command name feels a bit weird to configure boot
>> manager related commands.  Since the bootmanager is growing and we intend
>> to extend it with features like defining the initrd we want to expose to
>> the kernel, it would make sense to split it on a command of it's own.
>>
>> So let's introduce a new command called bootmgr and move all of the
>> existing Boot manager functionality there.
>
> As this is EFI specific, I would appreciate to have "efi" in the
> command name, too.
>
> Maybe all EFi related commands should be collected as "efi <subcommand>"
> like we did it with the "env" commands long ago.
>
> For backward compatibility e. g. 'efidebug' could be kept, but the
> new name would be 'efi debug'; likewise, your new command would be
> 'efi bootmgr' [or just 'efi boot' ?]
>
> Thanks!
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>

Hello Wolfgang,

what is the benefit for the user to have a single command with an
endless list of options?

I can't see any.

Best regards

Heinrich