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+To enable this feature just define CONFIG_HWCONFIG in your board
+config file.
+
+This implements a simple hwconfig infrastructure: an
+interface for software knobs to control hardware.
+
+This a is very simple implementation, i.e. it is implemented
+via the `hwconfig' environment variable. Later we could write
+some "hwconfig <enable|disable|list>" commands, ncurses
+interface for Award BIOS-like interface, and frame-buffer
+interface for AMI GUI[1] BIOS-like interface with mouse
+support[2].
+
+Current implementation details/limitations:
+
+1. Doesn't support options dependencies and mutual exclusion.
+ We can implement this by integrating apt-get[3] into Das
+ U-Boot. But I haven't bothered yet.
+
+2. Since we don't implement a hwconfig command, i.e. we're working
+ with the environement directly, there is no way to tell that
+ toggling a particular option will need a reboot to take
+ effect. So, for now it's advised to always reboot the
+ target after modifying the hwconfig variable.
+
+3. We support hwconfig options with arguments. For example,
+
+ set hwconfig "dr_usb:mode=peripheral,phy_type=ulpi"
+
+ This selects three hwconfig options:
+ 1. dr_usb - enable Dual-Role USB controller;
+ 2. dr_usb_mode:peripheral - USB in Function mode;
+ 3. dr_usb_phy_type:ulpi - USB should work with ULPI PHYs.
+
+The purpose of this simple implementation is to refine the
+internal API and then we can continue improving the user
+experience by adding more mature interfaces, like a hwconfig
+command with bells and whistles. Or not adding, if we feel
+that the current interface fits people's needs.
+
+[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Megatrends
+[2] Regarding ncurses and GUI with mouse support -- I'm just
+ kidding.
+[3] The comment regarding apt-get is also a joke, meaning that
+ dependency tracking could be non-trivial. For example, for
+ enabling HW feature X we may need to disable Y, and turn Z
+ into reduced mode (like RMII-only interface for ethernet,
+ no MII).
+
+ It's quite trivial to implement simple cases though.