[U-Boot] [PATCH] omap5: Allow use of a plain text env file

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Nishanth Menon,

In message <1363992223-1628-1-git-send-email-nm at ti.com> you 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.

Be careful here.  There are some subtle, but important differences.

With a script image, you are basically running standard commands,
which includes certain tests and limitations.  With "env import", you
are just importing a set of environment settings, without further
tests for permissions, etc.

For example, think if data like your MAC address or board serial
number are important to you, or if you are willing to have any user
overwrite these with arbitrary data.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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