U-Boot environment management from userspace

[krtaylor]

On 6/5/19 7:35 AM, Brad Bishop wrote:
> Hi Vernon
> 
>> Brad,
>>
>> It sounds like Intel is not the only ones that might benefit from a
>> service like this, so it might be a good time for a new
>> project/repo.
>>
>> Could you create a new repo for us: phosphor-u-boot-env-mgr
> 
> Will do.
> 
> It sounds like you are working on something that needs a new repo, will
> generate a new dbus API and have applications providing and consuming
> that API.  That sounds like a non-trivial enhancement to OpenBMC.

Yes. Non trivial changes require designs.

> Please consider having someone submit a completed design template and
> opening a github issue.  This enables the rest of the community to know
> what Intel is working on and when, and thus have input, possibly help,
> and avoid duplicate work.  Please let me know if any of my thinking
> here is flawed.

Not flawed at all. It has been discussed and agreed upon by all 
participating companies. It also greatly reduces the review time for new 
features being contributed, because the community already knows what to 
expect.

Kurt Taylor (krtaylor)

> 
> thx - brad
>