[PATCH 1/2] add 2nd generation default env

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

On 18:22 Sun 15 Apr     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> The current default environment grows in complexity and still is
> quite unflexible. The basic mistake we (or better I) made is that
> we had a boot script and tried to control its behaviour with
> variables passed to this script. This had the consequence that
> with every new feature we had to pass another variable to this
> script and add another if/else to the script. This environment
> set inverts this behaviour. It introduces a set of helper functions
> which /env/config can use to do its job.
> 
> The helpers are:
> 
> /env/bin/ifup
> 
> bring up networking. Uses /env/network/$interface to configure the
> interface. If something has to be done to discover the interface (for
> USB devices), the code can be put into /env/network/${interface}-discover
> 
> /env/bin/bootargs-root-*
> 
> Add fields to $bootargs relevant for the kernel to find its rootfs. We
> currently have helpers for ubi, nfs, initrd and jffs2
> 
> /env/bin/bootargs-ip-*
> 
> Add fields to $bootargs relevant for the kernel to configure networking.
> Currently we have helpers for dhcp, static or ip=none
> 
> /env/bin/mtdparts-init
> /env/bin/mtdparts-add
> 
> Add barebox partitions to mtd like devices and construct the mtdparts
> Kernel option.
> 
> Additionally the automount feature is used to transparently mount
> filesystems. With this only the device/file which contains the kernel
> has to be specified in /env/config.

can you give us few days to try before apply it

Best Regards,
J.