>-----Original Message----- >From: Ni, Ruiyu [mailto:ruiyu...@intel.com] >Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:42 AM >To: Dailey, Jim; edk2-devel@lists.01.org >Cc: jaben.car...@intel.com >Subject: Re: [edk2] [PATCH] ShellPkg: Create a homefilesystem environment >variable > > >On 10/4/2018 12:02 AM, jim.dai...@dell.com wrote: >> Create a homefilesystem environment variable whose value is the file >> system on which the executing shell is located. For example: "FS14:". >> >Jim, >Creating spec-undefined "homefilesystem" ENV variable is not a good idea >in my opinion. >Can you submit a Shell Spec change and change the implementation once >the spec change is approved?
Ray, I think you and Jaben should get together on this: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of Laszlo >>Ersek >>Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 12:07 PM >>To: Carsey, Jaben; Dailey, Jim; edk2-devel@lists.01.org >>Subject: Re: [edk2] [PATCH] ShellPkg: Create a homefilesystem environment >>variable >> >>Is it OK with the UEFI shell spec to define a shell variable called >>"homefilesystem"? I seem to remember that edk2-specific options for >>standard UEFI shell commands generally start with an underscore, to >>avoid clashing with the standard namespace. Does that apply to shell >>variables perhaps? (This is mostly for my own education.) >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of >>> Carsey, Jaben >>> Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 3:54 PM >>> To: Andrew Fish; Laszlo Ersek >>> Cc: edk2-devel@lists.01.org >>> Subject: Re: [edk2] [PATCH] ShellPkg: Create a homefilesystem environment >>> variable >>> >>> Laszlo, >>> >>> The leading "_" was required for out of spec, but built in, commands. >>> The spec has no restrictions on environment variables except some have >>> special meaning and may be read only. >>> Besides, if I were you and didn't have a lot of free time, I wouldn't unleash me on shell spec changes! :-) >-- >Thanks, >Ray Regards, Jim _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
