[U-Boot] [PATCH] Kconfig: BOOTCOMMAND: Define default set of boot commands in Kconfig

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Sun Oct 1 00:41:28 UTC 2017


On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 10:20:47PM +0200, Łukasz Majewski wrote:
> On 09/14/2017 04:55 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> >On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 10:53:51PM +0200, Łukasz Majewski wrote:
> >>On 09/11/2017 07:31 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> >>>On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 08:25:02PM +0200, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>This patch gives an opportunity to override the defined CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
> >>>>(at <board_config.h> files) with set of commands defined in
> >>>>board _defconfig file.
> >>>>
> >>>>Rationale: This change allows having two different u-boot builds - one for
> >>>>production and one (far more larger) for factory setup.
> >>>>
> >>>>Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <lukma at denx.de>
> >>>
> >>>I don't get it, sorry.  We need to move CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND into Kconfig
> >>>with some other logic so that distro_bootcmd stuff works.
> >>>
> >>
> >>The state of the art:
> >>---------------------
> >>
> >>Many boards use CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND as a set of commands to be
> >>executed at boot time:
> >>
> >>bootcmd=CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
> >>
> >>One notable user of it is config_distro_bootcmd.h
> >
> >Right.
> >
> >>Rationale:
> >>----------
> >>
> >>With this patch I can:
> >>
> >>1. Setup one set of commands to be executed by default - e.g.:
> >>
> >>bootcmd="run boot_mmc"
> >>
> >>and
> >>
> >>2. Have other defconfig - e.g. <my_board>_factory_defconfig, which
> >>enables some extra stuff (like USB, gadget, gpt write, etc) and is
> >>used solely for factory flashing.
> >>
> >>By having the opportunity to override CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND in Kconfig,
> >>I can use the same code base and just adjust Kconfig for board.
> >>
> >>
> >>What do you mean by "some other logic"?
> >
> >Well, CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND needs to be moved to Kconfig itself.  Figuring
> >out some of the "how" will take a little work.  And a little
> >re-organization.  But that needs doing.
>
> 
> Cannot we start with the approach proposed by this commit?
> 
> How would you see the rework done?

I'd like to see something that tries to move CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND around.
Move the distro boot things into include/environment/ and use the
post-processed command as value in configs/*_defconfig as fits, or put
things into something else in include/environment/ for other repeated
but not distro boot commands.

-- 
Tom
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