[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 1/1] omap4: allow the use of a plain text env file instead boot scripts

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Nishanth Menon <nm at ti.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas
> <javier at dowhile0.org> wrote:
>> For production systems it is better to use script images since
>> they are protected by checksums and carry valuable information like
>> name and timestamp. Also, you can't validate the content passed to
>> env import.
>>
>> But for development, it is easier to use the env import command and
>> plain text files instead of script-images.
>>
>> Since both OMAP4 supported boards (Panda and TI SDP4430) are used
>> primarily for development, this patch allows U-Boot to load env var
>> from a text file in case that an boot.scr script-image is not present.
>>
>> The variable uenvcmd (if existent) will be executed (using run) after
>> uEnv.txt was loaded. If uenvcmd doesn't exist the default boot sequence
>> will be started.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez at collabora.co.uk>
> Acked-by: Nishanth Menon <nm at ti.com>
>
> Tested on PandaBoard ES.
> Regards,
> Nishanth Menon

Hello Tom,

Any comments on this patch?

Thanks a lot and best regards,
Javier