[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/3] ARM: imx: cm_fx6: env: support distro boot command

Fabio Estevam festevam at gmail.com
Sun Dec 10 15:05:32 UTC 2017


On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 1:37 PM,  <christopher.spinrath at rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> From: Christopher Spinrath <christopher.spinrath at rwth-aachen.de>
>
> The current default environment of the cm_fx6 is not suitable for
> booting modern distributions.
>
> Instead of extending the custom environment, let's use the distro
> boot command, which has been developed for precisely this use case.
>
> If the distro boot command fails, fall back to the old behavior
> (except for USB drives where the old behaviour is completely covered
> by the distro boot command). That way it is still possible to create
> "rescue SD cards" for old installations (e.g. if one messes up the
> on-flash environment).
>
> Signed-off-by: Christopher Spinrath <christopher.spinrath at rwth-aachen.de>

Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at nxp.com>


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