[U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] mx6cuboxi: Load the correct 'fdt_file' variable

Fabio Estevam festevam at gmail.com
Thu Apr 23 19:18:32 CEST 2015


Hi Stefano,

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de> wrote:

> I admit I do not like a lot to have C code setting / fixing the
> environment. This has the drawback that when a user try to set the
> environment from the console as he wants, he cannot because the code has
> reverted back and it is not easy to track. I would like to propose
> another solution.

Thanks for the suggestion.

> What about to export your is_hummingboard() function as U-Boot command ?
> You can then use it in U-Boot scripts, and the correct fdt name can be
> set in the "bootcmd" variable. Something like "if is_humming;then ..."

I am not sure how I can retrieve the returned value from
is_hummingboard() as a U-boot command and use it inside a script?
Maybe I did not understand your suggestion. Please advise.

> And if a user wants to use other names, he can because it is not hard-coded.

Yes, I understand the concern, but in this specific case we are
talking about a DTB file, which is board specific and cannot really
change.

Regards,

Fabio Estevam


More information about the U-Boot mailing list