[U-Boot] fw_(printenv/setenv) and serial console have different env variables

[Andrei Mihut]

Greetings everyone,

I stumbled over something worth telling.

It started as the bad crc using defaults issue when I tried to use
fw_printenv on my debian iconnect box. I tought it was the fw_env.config.
it wasn't. After hours of researching and compiling from source and the
whole lot of trouble shooting I took the chance to use fw_setenv.

Bingo! it worked. Now fw_printenv gives me no bad crc and prints the
variables including the new ones even after reboot.

NOW HERE IS THE ISSUE

The env variables printed from linux don't show on the serial and viceversa.
It looks like there are 2 sets of them. Needless to say that it's
frustrating.

Anyone has seen anything similar?

************** printouts
on the iconnect box >>>
root at ico1:~# fw_printenv
bootcmd=bootp; setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs
nfsroot=${serverip}:${rootpath}
ip=${ipaddr}:${serverip}:${gatewayip}:${netmask}:${hostname}::off; bootm
bootdelay=5
baudrate=115200
firsttest=firsttest1
root at ico1:~# fw_setenv secondtest secondtest
root at ico1:~# fw_printenv
bootcmd=bootp; setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs
nfsroot=${serverip}:${rootpath}
ip=${ipaddr}:${serverip}:${gatewayip}:${netmask}:${hostname}::off; bootm
bootdelay=5
baudrate=115200
firsttest=firsttest1
secondtest=secondtest
root at ico1:~#
<<<iconnect

on the serial console>>>
Environment size: 1633/131068 bytes
iconnect =>
iconnect => version

U-Boot 2013.10 (Mar 26 2014 - 18:44:17) Iomega iConnect
arm-openwrt-linux-uclibcgnueabi-gcc (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.8-2014.01 r40028)
4.8.3
GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.22
iconnect =>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
just in case last working
iconnect => printenv
arcNumber=2870
baudrate=115200
bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda4 rootdelay=10
bootargs_console=console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda4 rootdelay=10
bootargs_root=root=/dev/mtdblock2 rootfstype=jffs2
bootcmd=setenv bootargs $(bootargs_console); run bootcmd_usb;run
preboot;bootm 0x00800000
bootcmd_usb=usb start; ext2load usb 0:1 0x00800000 /uImageJmybuildiscsi
bootdelay=10
console=console=ttyS0,115200 panic=20
download_kernel=mw $(loadaddr) 0xffff 0x300000; fatload usb 0:1 $(loadaddr)
$(kernel_name);
download_rootfs=mw $(loadaddr) 0xffff 0x200000; fatload usb 0:1 $(loadaddr)
$(rootfs_name);
ethact=egiga0
ethaddr=00:D0:B8:0C:FE:6C
filesize=2dc1b1
flash_kernel=nand erase 0x100000 0x400000; nand write.e $(loadaddr)
0x100000 0x400000;
flash_rootfs=nand erase 0x500000 0xfb00000; nand write.e $(loadaddr)
0x500000 0x200000;
if_netconsole=ping $(serverip)
ipaddr=10.243.1.239
kernel_name=openwrt-kirkwood-uImage
load_openwrt=setenv bootargs $(console) $(bootargs_root); nand read
$(loadaddr) 0x100000 0x400000; bootm $(loadaddr)
loadaddr=0x6400000
machid=B36
mainlineLinux=yes
ncip=10.243.1.251
preboot=run set_eth_parms if_netconsole set_netconsole start_netconsole
rootfs_name=openwrt-kirkwood--jffs2-64k.img
serverip=10.243.1.251
set_eth_parms=mii write 0xb 0 3200
set_netconsole=setenv ncip $(serverip); setenv bootdelay 10
start_netconsole=setenv stdin nc; setenv stdout nc; setenv stderr nc;
version; sleep 10;
stderr=nc
stdin=nc
stdout=nc
<<<serial console

/etc/fw_env.config >>>
root at ico1:~# cat /etc/fw_env.config
# Configuration file for fw_(printenv/saveenv) utility.
# Up to two entries are valid, in this case the redundand
# environment sector is assumed present.
# MTD device name       Device offset   Env. size       Flash sector size
# iomega iconnect
/dev/mtd0               0xa0000         0x20000         0x20000
root at ico1:~#
<<< /etc/fw_env.config

How do I merge this two?
Thanks and regards.

A.
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