[U-Boot] Default environment file

Frank Wunderlich frank-w at public-files.de
Wed Jun 12 16:05:15 UTC 2019


Hi,

i use this option to provide a default environment:

https://github.com/frank-w/u-boot/blob/89401dc85a3d1793261024a6e4047a7e4c9d079d/configs/mt7623n_bpir2_defconfig#L64

regards Frank


> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2019 um 10:43 Uhr
> Von: "Stefano Babic" <sbabic at denx.de>

> Fully agree. Rather, I do not think there is a relevant example. But the
> environment is something like data and should not be part of the header
> file as it is for histoical reason. I added some times ago a way to
> extract the environment from the header and make the transition easy
> (see make u-boot-initial-env). And if the environment is split from the
> header as CONFIG_USE_DEFAULT_ENV_FILE allows, it is also easier to set
> an own environment via OE BSP layer without pushing for each small
> change to U-Boot. Not only, environments often conflict, and what is
> good for a project becomes evil for another one.



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