[U-Boot] [PATCH] fw_env: Make env flash lock optional

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Dirk,

In message <CANVMifL_VKFX-G9Xsm7yJ-Bu6YrUPOqFbpbSus+f3OL184A0-w at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> > But then such a "fix" looks wrong to me.  If it works in Linux, why
> > not fix the code so it works in U-Boot, too?  I mean, if you have a
> > working example, that should be possible, or not?
> 
> Sometimes I simply need a tool to repair a device in the field where
> updating u-boot or kernel is not an option.
> But uploading modified fw_env tools is.

Understood.

Am I interpreting this correctly, that the root cause is fixed in
recent versions of U-Boot, and you need it only to fix old, broken
versions?

Or is the problem still present in current mainline, too?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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