env: Add environment variable flags
Currently just validates variable types as decimal, hexidecimal,
boolean, ip address, and mac address.
If the entry is not found in the env ".flags", then look in the static
one. This allows the env to override the static definitions, but prevents
the need to have every definition in the environment distracting you.
Signed-off-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>
diff --git a/README b/README
index ac61a32..acb711a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2188,6 +2188,11 @@
serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
read-only.]
+ The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
+ for any variable by configuring the type of access
+ to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
+ or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
+
- Protected RAM:
CONFIG_PRAM
@@ -3113,6 +3118,38 @@
cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
lib/hashtable.c for details.
+- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
+- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
+ Enable validation of the values given to enviroment variables when
+ calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
+ hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
+ the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
+
+ The format of the list is:
+ type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
+ attributes = type_attribute
+ entry = variable_name[:attributes]
+ list = entry[,list]
+
+ The type attributes are:
+ s - String (default)
+ d - Decimal
+ x - Hexadecimal
+ b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
+ i - IP address
+ m - MAC address
+
+ - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
+ Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
+ envirnoment variable in the default or embedded environment.
+
+ - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
+ Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
+ should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
+ environment variable. To override a setting in the static
+ list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
+ ".flags" variable.
+
The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
following configurations: