[U-Boot] Linking script image into u-boot

Mark Fanara mark.fanara at gmail.com
Fri Jun 4 17:09:28 CEST 2010


CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS would work fine for me.
Thanks

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Ben Gardiner <bengardiner at nanometrics.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Mark Fanara <mark.fanara at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is it possible to create a script, convert it to an image, and then
>> link that image into u-boot? The goal of which would be to have a
>> script that could be executed without having to download it. I have
>> searched the manual and the mailing list and the source code, but
>> don't see an obvious way to do this.
>>
>> As an alternative, I could convert the bytes in the image file to an
>> initialized char array in a .c file. That .c file could then be
>> compiled and linked with u-boot.  I assume that at runtime I could use
>> the source command with the address of the char array as an argument
>> to run the script.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>
> If you're willing to change the build by introducing a new C file
> maybe using the CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS define in your *_config.h
> works for you? Does it have to be a script that isn't in an
> environment variable?
>
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> Ben Gardiner
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