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

[Nishanth Menon]

On 03/22/2013 08:03 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
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> On 03/22/2013 06:43 PM, Nishanth Menon 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 OMAP5evm/uevm boards are used primarily for
>> development, we allow 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.
>>
>> Inspired by commit: d70f54808dfa83b574e1239c3eccbcf3317343e1
>> (omap4: allow the use of a plain text env file instead boot
>> scripts)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nishanth Menon <nm at ti.com>
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> OK, Sricharan is also working on something like this, with a few other
> changes as well (Use zImage, load fdt).  I suspect we'll be taking
> that in.
is there a patch posted in u-boot list? or at least an ETA when we might 
be able to see such a patch?
Regards,
Nishanth Menon